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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Scotch Figures Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Man in a Black Coat and Hat; a Woman in a White Cap and Chemise with a Green Skirt and Bare Feet 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Man in a Black Coat and Hat; a Woman in a White Cap and Chemise with a Green Skirt and Bare Feet’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
A Man in a Black Coat and Hat; a Woman in a White Cap and Chemise with a Green Skirt and Bare Feet 1801
D03441
Turner Bequest LIX 2
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 156 x 92 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LIX – 2’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The man, who is apparently leaning against a wall or tree, wears a coat with several collars, and is perhaps a coachman. This is one of a series of figure studies between folios 1 recto and 16 recto (D03440–D03444, D03446–D03456); see the sketchbook’s Introduction.
Verso:
Blank; offset from folio 3 recto opposite (D03442).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Man in a Black Coat and Hat; a Woman in a White Cap and Chemise with a Green Skirt and Bare Feet 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-man-in-a-black-coat-and-hat-a-woman-in-a-white-cap-and-r1179580, accessed 21 November 2024.