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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Wagons and Figures, Northern France c.1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Wagons and Figures, Northern France’ c.1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Wagons and Figures, Northern France c.1826
D24108
Turner Bequest CCLVI 1a
Pencil on white laid paper, 104 x 158 mm
Partial watermark of a crown and laurels
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with studies of female figures in the local dress of Northern France alongside loose drawings of wagons.

John Chu
July 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Wagons and Figures, Northern France c.1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-wagons-and-figures-northern-france-r1185401, accessed 20 May 2024.