Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Flying Angel c.1799–1805
D05058
Turner Bequest LXXXI 156
Ink and black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 150 x 283 mm, set within a leaf of similar modern paper, 271 x 436 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘156’ bottom right, ascending vertically, on remaining portion of original page
Inscribed in pencil ‘156’ top right, ascending vertically, on remaining portion of original page
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–156’ bottom right, ascending vertically, on modern replacement paper
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856