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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Vessels off Greenwich c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Vessels off Greenwich’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Recto:
Vessels off Greenwich circa 1805–9
D06422
Turner Bequest XCIX 37
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A very slight sketch, this is likely to be Greenwich as Finberg thought; there are indications of a domed building in the centre. See also folio 40 recto (D06420; Turner Bequest XCIX 36), which is just as perfunctory but probably related, and folio 4 (D06366), also of Greenwich.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Vessels off Greenwich 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-vessels-off-greenwich-r1130617, accessed 25 April 2024.