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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bending Nude ?1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bending Nude’ ?1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 recto:
Bending Nude ?1835–40
D27503
Turner Bequest CCLXXIXb 23
Chalk on white laid paper, 184 x 72 mm; partial watermark ‘?EL’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘23’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIX(b) – 23)’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of 32 red chalk academic nudes worked into this volume. See the sketchbook introduction for further explanation.
Technical notes:
The upper right hand quadrant of the verso bears the counterproof of the drawing on folio 24 recto (D27504; Turner Bequest CCLXXIXb 24).

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Bending Nude ?1835–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bending-nude-r1181636, accessed 17 July 2024.