Joseph Mallord William TurnerA Wreck Aground c.1805

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Artist
Title
A Wreck Aground
From Shipwreck (2) Sketchbook
Turner Bequest LXXXVIII
Date c.1805
MediumPen and ink on paper
Dimensionssupport: 119 x 189 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D05436
Turner Bequest LXXXVIII 9
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
A Wreck Aground circa 1805
D05436
Turner Bequest LXXXVIII 9
Pen and ink on cream laid paper, 119 x 189 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXVIII 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Verso:
Blank
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘out of 190’. J R’ bottom left

David Blayney Brown
February 2006

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