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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Nudes with Raised Arms c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Nudes with Raised Arms’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
Nudes with Raised Arms c.1835–40
D27404
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 20
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘20’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 20’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page of studies of an academic nude is one of several similar works in this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Nudes with Raised Arms 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-nudes-with-raised-arms-r1181543, accessed 24 April 2024.