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 Reclining c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Nude Woman Reclining’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
A Nude Woman Reclining circa 1800–7
D05196
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 25
Pencil on white wove paper, 73 x 119 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘25’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 25’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drapery around the model’s feet is extended slightly on to folio 23 verso of the sketchbook (D40642).

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Nude Woman Reclining 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-reclining-r1178375, accessed 20 April 2024.