Gouache and watercolour on paper
Petworth House: Studies of Interiors and Figures
Sussex, West
Sussex - non-specific
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Petworth House A Bedroom with a Lady in a Black Silk Dress Seated on a Pink Sofa
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
actions: postures and motions
adults
clothing and personal items
couch
domestic
dress
England
England, South East
England, Southern
fine arts and music
furnishings
interiors
living room
objects
painting
people
Petworth, Petworth House
places
sitting
Sussex - non-specific
Sussex, West
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
woman
paper unique gouache watercolour
4 July 2002 – 29 September 2002
2002-09-29
4 July 2002 – 29 September 2002
2002-09-29
2002-07-04
National Trust: Petworth House (Petworth, UK)
2002-07-04
Turner at Petworth
Loan-out
Petworth House: A Bedroom, with a Lady in a Black Silk Dress Seated on a Pink Sofa
support: 140 × 193 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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This work by Turner is a gouache and watercolour sketch on a medium weight, blue wove paper. Titled <i>A Lady in a Black Silk Dress Seated on a Pink Sofa</i>, it is a loose, informal sketch or unfinished work. The watercolour has been applied very fluidly and in some areas the pigments have slightly bled into one another to give very diffused lines. The gouache has been brushed down more dryly and as such creates the definition and detail to the work.
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There is some flaking and losses to the lighter gouache colours, notably the creamy yellow on the frame area.  It is known that Turner used little or no binder in his use of lead white which means that any pigment with enough lead white blended into it is prone to flaking and losses.
Otherwise, this work is in quite good condition, with the pigments retaining a good deal of their vibrancy.
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Jo Gracey<br/>
June 2001
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actions: postures and motions adults clothing and personal items couch domestic dress England England, South East England, Southern fine arts and music furnishings interiors living room objects painting people Petworth, Petworth House places sitting Sussex - non-specific Sussex, West UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions woman
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