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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Foot c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Foot’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Verso:
A Foot circa 1800–7
D40646
Pencil on white wove paper, 172 x 119 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or described by Finberg, this foot belongs to the standing nude woman seen from behind on folio 45 of the sketchbook (D05219). There is also a slight offset of the whole figure.

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Foot 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-foot-r1178401, accessed 26 April 2024.