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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Academies Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Nude Woman Standing, Arm Upraised c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Nude Woman Standing, Arm Upraised’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Recto:
A Nude Woman Standing, Arm Upraised circa 1800–7
D05211
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 38
Pencil on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘38’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 38’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The hand of the figure’s lowered arm extends on to folio 36 verso of the sketchbook (D40645).
Verso:
Blank, save for a slight offset of the standing nude woman on folio 38 (D05212).

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Nude Woman Standing, Arm Upraised 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-standing-arm-upraised-r1178393, accessed 19 April 2024.