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 Dancing, Seen from Behind c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Nude Woman Dancing, Seen from Behind’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto:
A Nude Woman Dancing, Seen from Behind circa 1800–7
D05224
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 51
Pencil on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘51’ top right, running vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 51’ top right, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A slighter sketch of the head and shoulders of this figure is on folio 49 of the sketchbook (D05223).
Verso:
Blank, save for a slight offset of the reclining woman on folio 51 (D05225).

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Nude Woman Dancing, Seen from Behind 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-dancing-seen-from-behind-r1178408, accessed 25 April 2024.