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 Hulk and Barges c.1805-7

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hulk and Barges’ c.1805-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 36 Recto:
Hulk and Barges circa 1805–7
D06413
Turner Bequest XCIX 32
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘32’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 32’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See note to folio 35 recto (D06411; Turner Bequest XCIX 31) for further comment on the relationship to The Confluence of the Thames and the Medway (Tate T03874; displayed at Petworth House) exhibited at Turner’s Gallery in 18081 and possibly earlier. The large sailing barge in this sketch was used for the picture together with the two men-of-war at anchor in folio 35.
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Butlin and Joll 1984, pp.57–8 no.75 (pl.85).
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David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Hulk and Barges c.1805–7 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-hulk-and-barges-r1130608, accessed 16 April 2024.