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 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Merchantmen at Anchor c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Merchantmen at Anchor’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Recto:
Merchantmen at Anchor circa 1805–9
D06398
Turner Bequest XCIX 24
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Red yellow Castle’ top right and ‘R’ on lower part of the hull of the larger ship, near the stern
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘24’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 24’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In view of Turner’s colour note, the ‘R’ on the hull presumably indicates red paint near the waterline and a forecastle painted yellow.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Merchantmen at Anchor c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-merchantmen-at-anchor-r1130591, accessed 25 April 2024.