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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Nude Woman Standing’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Recto:
A Nude Woman Standing circa 1800–7
D05220
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 47
Pencil on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘47’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 47’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The model appears to be holding an object, possibly a cup or the handle of a jug.
Verso:
Blank, save for a slight offset of the standing nude woman on folio 47 of the sketchbook (D05221).

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Nude Woman Standing 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-r1178403, accessed 26 April 2024.