'Masses of Ice', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Masses of Ice

From Boats, Ice Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CI

Date ?1814

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 107 x 180 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D06634

Turner Bequest CI 15

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 15 Recto:

Masses of Ice ?1814

D06634
Turner Bequest CI 15

Pencil on white wove paper, 107 x 180 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CI 15’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

See Introduction to the sketchbook and comment to folio 12 (D06631).

Verso:

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David Blayney Brown
December 2006

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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

Boats, Ice Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest