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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Seated Female Nude with Raised Left Arm c.1798-9

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Seated Female Nude with Raised Left Arm’ c.1798-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
A Seated Female Nude with Raised Left Arm c.1798–9
D01825
Turner Bequest XLIII 9
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on blue laid paper prepared with a red-brown ground, 216 x 140 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLIII – 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is another view, from a different position, of the model drawn on the preceding page, folio 9 recto (D01824; Turner Bequest XLIII 8). It is one of a sequence of life studies between folios 1 recto and 14 recto (D01816–D01826, D01828, D01829; Turner Bequest XLIII 2, 3, 3a, 4–7, 1, 8–10, 12, 13).
Technical notes:
A small piece has been torn away from the bottom right corner.
Verso:
Blank, prepared with a red-brown ground.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Seated Female Nude with Raised Left Arm c.1798–9 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 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-seated-female-nude-with-raised-left-arm-r1174025, accessed 21 November 2024.