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 Fishing Boats in a Rough Sea c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fishing Boats in a Rough Sea’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Recto:
Fishing Boats in a Rough Sea circa 1805–9
D06465
Turner Bequest XCIX 62
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘62’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 62’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See note to folio 65 recto (D06463; Turner Bequest XCIX 61) for similar subjects in this sketchbook.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Fishing Boats in a Rough Sea 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-fishing-boats-in-a-rough-sea-r1130661, accessed 23 April 2024.