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 Standing, Seen from Behind, Left Shoulder Resting on a Parapet c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Nude Woman Standing, Seen from Behind, Left Shoulder Resting on a Parapet’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Recto:
A Nude Woman Standing, Seen from Behind, Left Shoulder Resting on a Parapet circa 1800–7
D05215
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 42’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Verso:
Blank, save for a slight offset of the standing nude woman on folio 42 of the sketchbook (D05216).

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Nude Woman Standing, Seen from Behind, Left Shoulder Resting on a Parapet 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-seen-from-behind-left-shoulder-resting-r1178397, accessed 23 April 2024.