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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Figures c.1830
D41469
Turner Bequest CCLIX 21v
Gouache and watercolour on blue paper, 137 x 190 mm
Inscribed in blue ink ‘14’ top right, inverted
Inscribed in pencil ‘21 – 14’ bottom right, inverted, ‘D[...]’ top right, inverted, ‘[...]cclix’ top left, inverted
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch was not recorded by A.J. Finberg in his 1909 Inventory of the Turner Bequest.1 It is included in this section as the work on the verso depicts a maritime subject.
Verso:
See Tate D24586 (Turner Bequest CCLIX 21).

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Figures c.1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-figures-r1182736, accessed 21 November 2024.