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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study for a Classical Picture c.1812-13

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for a Classical Picture’ c.1812-13
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Verso:
Study for a Classical Picture c.1812–13
D09086
Turner Bequest CXXIX 22a
Pencil on white wove paper, 178 x 110 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a series of studies for classical landscape subjects on an upright format. See notes to folio 20 verso, D09082, the first in the series.

David Hill
October 2008

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Study for a Classical Picture c.1812–13 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-for-a-classical-picture-r1146808, accessed 23 November 2024.