J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > Hesperides (1) Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Three-Masted Ship c.1805-6

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Three-Masted Ship’ c.1805-6
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
A Three-Masted Ship circa 1805–6
D05795
Turner Bequest XCIII 18a
Pen and ink on white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 171 x 262 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a very quick outline, evidently drawn from the Thames and probably near Gravesend or Tilbury; see recto including Gravesend (D05794).

David Blayney Brown
October 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Three-Masted Ship c.1805–6 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2007, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-three-masted-ship-r1130017, accessed 16 April 2024.