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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Erotica and Improvisations c.1834-6 > Fishing at the Weir Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?A Curtained Bed c.1834-6

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?A Curtained Bed’ c.1834-6
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Verso:
?A Curtained Bed c.1834–6
D27728
Turner Bequest CCLXXXI 1a
Watercolour on white wove paper, 79 x 101 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As set out in the Introduction, numerous pages in the first third of this sketchbook have had rough watercolour washes applied, which have then been developed into compositions to varying degrees. Here there seems to be the suggestion of the dark space within the curtains of a bed, perhaps with the hint of a figure at the left.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?A Curtained Bed c.1834–6 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, 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-a-curtained-bed-r1149092, accessed 07 July 2024.