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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Marine subjects c.1803-14 > Nelson Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Tails of a Uniform Coat 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Tails of a Uniform Coat’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Verso:
Tails of a Uniform Coat 1805
D05461
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 184 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘officer of’ top left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this little sketch of a detail of uniform was not noticed by Finberg.

David Blayney Brown
March 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Tails of a Uniform Coat 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2006, 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-tails-of-a-uniform-coat-r1139256, accessed 22 November 2024.