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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?A Kneeling Figure with a Sword c.1789

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?A Kneeling Figure with a Sword’ c.1789
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Verso:
?A Kneeling Figure with a Sword c.1789
D00025
Turner Bequest II 12a
Pencil on white laid paper, 160 x 249 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram towards top left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A slight sketch, difficult to decipher, inverted in relation to the sketchbook’s foliation. It may have been copied from a carving or painting in one of the houses Turner visited on this tour.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘?A Kneeling Figure with a Sword 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-a-kneeling-figure-with-a-sword-r1140179, accessed 21 November 2024.