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 > Boats, Ice Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Fishermen in a Boat c.1806-14

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fishermen in a Boat’ c.1806-14
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Verso:
Fishermen in a Boat circa 1806–14
D06651
Turner Bequest CI 31a
Pencil on white wove paper, 107 x 180 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘One throws out the net. Then rows round and | while is pulling up another net runs out | so one net is always down’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘319.J 853’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Fishermen in a Boat c.1806–14 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2006, 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-fishermen-in-a-boat-r1130746, accessed 26 April 2024.