'Shipping off the Tower', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Shipping off the Tower

From Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CV

Date c.1825

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 108 x 185 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D07065

Turner Bequest CV 57 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 65 Verso:

Shipping off the Tower circa 1825

D07065
Turner Bequest CV 57a

Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this subject continues on folio 66 (D07066; Turner Bequest CV 58). Compare the double-page spread on the recto and folio 64 verso (D07064–D07063; Turner Bequest CV 56a). See Introduction to the sketchbook for plans in the mid 1820s for a series of London subjects, including the Custom House and the Tower.

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.