'Figures in a Boat; London, the Custom House, with the Tower of St Magnus the Martyr', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Figures in a Boat; London, the Custom House, with the Tower of St Magnus the Martyr

From Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CV

Date 1820-5

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 185 x 108 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D07007

Turner Bequest CV 20 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 23 Verso:

Figures in a Boat; London, the Custom House, with the Tower of St Magnus the Martyr 1820–5

D07007
Turner Bequest CV 20a

Pencil on white wove paper, 185 x 108 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

These are very slight sketches, distinct from each other, the boat drawn with the leaf turned upright and the outline of the Custom House made with it turned to landscape format. For the Custom House see Introduction to the sketchbook and especially note to folio 75 verso (D07083; Turner Bequest CV 66a).

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

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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

Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest