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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Verso:
Figures c.1832
D27293
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX 8a
Pencil on white wove paper, 206 x 86 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil across page (see main entry)
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner made several semi-legible notes at several points on this page. From the top of the page to the bottom, these read ‘’R[...]b’, ‘The S[...] Pur Bauld[...]’, ‘Red Fo[...]’, ‘L[...] of S[...]k’, ‘S[...]k the S[...]k’. This page of figure studies is one of several in this volume. For more information on these, see the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Figures c.1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-figures-r1181429, accessed 20 April 2024.