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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Seated Male Nude with Arms Raised c.1798-9

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Seated Male Nude with Arms Raised’ c.1798-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
A Seated Male Nude with Arms Raised c.1798–9
D01818
Turner Bequest XLIII 3
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
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘3’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLIII – 3’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This 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:
White heightening, evidently lead white, has oxidised from exposure to the atmosphere.
Verso:
Blank, prepared with a red-brown ground; inscribed by National Gallery Keeper Ralph Wornum in pencil ‘one out | R. N. W.’, presumably referring to the extraction of folio 3 recto opposite (D01819; Turner Bequest XLIII 3a) for display; an illegible offset in red ink.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Seated Male Nude with Arms Raised 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-male-nude-with-arms-raised-r1174017, accessed 21 November 2024.