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 > Windsor and Eton Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sails c.1806-8

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sails’ c.1806-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 85 Verso:
Sails circa 1806–8
D06169
Turner Bequest XCVII 85a
Pencil on white wove paper, 107 x 182 mm
Stamped in black ‘XCVII 85a’ top right, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. For barges in this sketchbook see note to folio 23 (D06094), and for further observations of sails and their dimensions, folio 90 (D06175).

David Blayney Brown
September 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Sails c.1806–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2008, 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-sails-r1130350, accessed 25 April 2024.