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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of a Canal Boat: Cabin, and Diagram of the Deck c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of a Canal Boat: Cabin, and Diagram of the Deck’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Verso:
Studies of a Canal Boat: Cabin, and Diagram of the Deck circa 1807
D06021
Turner Bequest XCVI 49a
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Bed | Four Places | Down Table’ at centre above the diagram, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
At left is the stern and cabin, with the funnel of the cooking stove, and two figures. The diagram shows the layout of the deck from above, with sleeping and eating accommodation. A related sketch of a cabin and figures is on folio 51 verso (D06023). These sketches were probably made on the Grand Union Canal; see Introduction to the sketchbook.

David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Studies of a Canal Boat: Cabin, and Diagram of the Deck c.1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2006, 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-studies-of-a-canal-boat-cabin-and-diagram-of-the-deck-r1130199, accessed 19 September 2024.