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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping on the River Thames c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping on the River Thames’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Shipping on the River Thames circa 1808
D06802
Turner Bequest CII 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CII 42’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch, drawn with the sketchbook inverted, continues on folio 41 verso (D06801).

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Shipping on the River Thames c.1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2007, 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-shipping-on-the-river-thames-r1130895, accessed 23 September 2024.