'Barges and a Hulk', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Barges and a Hulk

From River and Margate Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XCIX

Date c.1805-7

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 115 x 190 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D06414

Turner Bequest XCIX 33

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 37 Recto:

Barges and a Hulk circa 1805–7

D06414
Turner Bequest XCIX 33

Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘33’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 33’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The man-of-war lacks masts and must be at anchor. She may be the same ship as in folio 35 recto (D06411; Turner Bequest XCIX 31), seen from the other side.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

River and Margate Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest