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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner An Old Woman Seated by a Hut 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘An Old Woman Seated by a Hut’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
An Old Woman Seated by a Hut 1801
D02478
Turner Bequest LIII 12
Pencil on white wove paper, 162 x 112 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘12’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LIII – 12’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing on folio 11 recto (D02477) may be a more detailed study of this figure, but the two old women seem to be distinct. This one is seated before a thatched hut or shelter in an expansive landscape with a river valley beyond, presumably that of either the Esk or the Tees.
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘An Old Woman Seated by a Hut 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-an-old-woman-seated-by-a-hut-r1178500, accessed 21 November 2024.