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 Three Men in Bonnets and Plaids, Talking 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Men in Bonnets and Plaids, Talking’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
Three Men in Bonnets and Plaids, Talking 1801
D03446
Turner Bequest LIX 6
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 156 x 92 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LIX – 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
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; very slight offset from folio 7 recto opposite (D03446).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Three Men in Bonnets and Plaids, Talking 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-three-men-in-bonnets-and-plaids-talking-r1179584, accessed 21 November 2024.