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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Oxford c.1787-91 > Oxford Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Struggling Figures c.1789

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Struggling Figures’ c.1789
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Verso:
?Struggling Figures c.1789
D00027
Turner Bequest II 13a
Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg described this extremely indistinct drawing as ‘A combat’; it may have been more legible when he catalogued it.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?Struggling Figures c.1789 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-struggling-figures-r1140181, accessed 18 May 2024.