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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Female Nude c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Female Nude’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Female Nude c.1835–40
D27425
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 31
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Partial watermark ‘WOOD ¦18’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘31’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 31’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This depiction 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, ‘Female Nude 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-r1181563, accessed 18 April 2024.