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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Nude Woman Standing, Seen from Behind, Arms in Alternate Positions c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Nude Woman Standing, Seen from Behind, Arms in Alternate Positions’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Recto:
A Nude Woman Standing, Seen from Behind, Arms in Alternate Positions circa 1800–7
D05219
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 46
Pencil on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘46’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 46’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The model’s arms are sketched in variant positions, both raised, or the left at her side.
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David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Nude Woman Standing, Seen from Behind, Arms in Alternate Positions 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-arms-in-alternate-r1178402, accessed 19 April 2024.