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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Women, Semi-Draped, One Reclining, Another Seated c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Women, Semi-Draped, One Reclining, Another Seated’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Two Women, Semi-Draped, One Reclining, Another Seated circa 1800–7
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Turner Bequest LXXXIV 9
Pencil on white wove paper, 73 x 119 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These two sketches are distinct; the predominant one of a reclining woman, her head resting on her left arm, is superimposed over another, slighter sketch of a seated woman seen from the side.
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David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Two Women, Semi-Draped, One Reclining, Another Seated c.1800–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2004, 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-two-women-semi-draped-one-reclining-another-seated-r1178354, accessed 21 November 2024.