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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Four Women Seen from Behind 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Four Women Seen from Behind’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
Four Women Seen from Behind 1801
D03455
Turner Bequest LIX 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 156 x 92 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LIX – 15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a series of figure studies between folios 1 recto and 16 recto (D03440–D03444, D03446–D03456); see the sketchbook’s Introduction.
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Four Women Seen from Behind 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-four-women-seen-from-behind-r1179593, accessed 16 April 2024.