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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches and Diagrams of a Boat c.1806-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches and Diagrams of a Boat’ c.1806-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 89 Verso:
Sketches and Diagrams of a Boat circa 1806–9
D06510
Turner Bequest XCIX 85a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with dimensions &c, mainly illegible
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. For drawings for a boat in this sketchbook see note to folio 88 verso (D06508; Turner Bequest XCIX 84a). Here Turner has drawn the port side of the hull and other details.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Sketches and Diagrams of a Boat c.1806–9 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-sketches-and-diagrams-of-a-boat-r1130706, accessed 25 April 2024.