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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Helmsley Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner An Old Woman Seated with a Pot on her Lap 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘An Old Woman Seated with a Pot on her Lap’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
An Old Woman Seated with a Pot on her Lap 1801
D02477
Turner Bequest LIII 11
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 112 x 162 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘11’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LIII – 11’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
It is not certain whether this old woman, drawn with the page turned horizontally, is the same as that in the more summary sketch on folio 12 recto (D02478). No context is indicated for the present figure, but the other seems to be in a rural setting. There is no evidence that these old women were observed among the crowds in the busy town that Turner has drawn on folio 13 recto (D02479).
For other watercolour studies in this sketchbook, see under folio 5 recto (D02468).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘An Old Woman Seated with a Pot on her Lap 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, 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-an-old-woman-seated-with-a-pot-on-her-lap-r1178499, accessed 26 April 2024.