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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Ships Sailing c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Ships Sailing’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Recto:
Two Ships Sailing circa 1805–9
D06446
Turner Bequest XCIX 52
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘52’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 52’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Two Ships Sailing 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-two-ships-sailing-r1130641, accessed 25 April 2024.