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 44 Verso:
Female Nude c.1835–40
D27444
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 44
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Partial watermark ‘FULL ¦31’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study of an academic nude is one of several similar works in this volume.The sketch continues onto folio 45 recto opposite (D27446; Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 45).
Technical notes:
The unaccessioned, blank recto is numbered in red in ‘44’ and stamped ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 44’.

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-r1181580, accessed 26 April 2024.