'Sailing Ships at Sea', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Sailing Ships at Sea

From Egyptian Details Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXVI

Date c.1799-1800

Dimensionssupport: 166 x 82 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D03834

Turner Bequest LXVI 2

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Subject

nature (37,449)

seascapes and coasts (6,839)

sea (3,100)

society (14,246)

transport: water (7,828)

ship, sailing (1,351)

Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1790s

Egyptian Details Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest