'Men Fishing', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Men Fishing

From Greenwich Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CII

Date c.1808

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 76 x 115 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D06779

Turner Bequest CII 30 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 30 Verso:

Men Fishing circa 1808

D06779
Turner Bequest CII 30a

Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted.

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

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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

Greenwich Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest