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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Woman Reclining, Semi-Draped c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Recto:
A Woman Reclining, Semi-Draped circa 1800–7
D05229
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 56
Pencil on white wove paper, 119 x 73 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘56’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 56’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Although in pencil only, this is one of the most carefully finished sketches in the sketchbook.
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David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Woman Reclining, Semi-Draped 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-woman-reclining-semi-draped-r1178414, accessed 29 March 2024.