J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Academies Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Nude Woman Seated, Bending Forward, Right Leg Crossed c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Nude Woman Seated, Bending Forward, Right Leg Crossed’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
A Nude Woman Seated, Bending Forward, Right Leg Crossed circa 1800–7
D05193
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 22
Pencil touched with watercolour on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘22’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 22’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A related study of what appears to be the same model is on folio 23 of this sketchbook (D05195).
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David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Nude Woman Seated, Bending Forward, Right Leg Crossed c.1800–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2004, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-nude-woman-seated-bending-forward-right-leg-crossed-r1178371, accessed 27 April 2024.