Chalk and watercolour on paper
Figure Studies
Royal Academy  c.1789-99
Figure Studies
Royal Academy  c.1789-99
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
a Sleeping Cat
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
animals: actions
animals: mammals
cat
sleeping
paper unique chalk watercolour
24 April 2006 – 23 October 2006
2006-10-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2006-04-24
Turner and the Natural World
Collection based display
25 May 2018 – 30 September 2018
2018-09-30
25 May 2018 – 30 September 2018
2018-09-30
2018-05-25
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2018-05-25
Animals & Us
Loan-out
1 April 2025 – 30 September 2025
2025-09-30
1 April 2025 – 30 September 2025
2025-09-30
2025-04-01
Turner’s House (Twickenham, UK)
2025-04-01
All Creature’s Great and Small: Turner’s Birds and Beasts
Loan-out
Study of a Sleeping Cat
support: 238 × 278 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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Catalogue entry
2012-11-11T00:00:00
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animals: actions animals: mammals cat sleeping