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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Female Nude; Sea and Sky c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Female Nude; Sea and Sky’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
Female Nude; Sea and Sky c.1835–40
D27386
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 11
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘11’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 11’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The studies of an academic nude and a vista of sea and sky are typical of the subjects which fill this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Female Nude; Sea and Sky c.1835–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-female-nude-sea-and-sky-r1181525, accessed 24 April 2024.