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 > Greenwich Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sailing Barge c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Barge’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Verso:
A Sailing Barge circa 1808
D06807
Turner Bequest CII 44a
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘...upon the brave’ top left, running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted.

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Sailing Barge 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-a-sailing-barge-r1130900, accessed 20 April 2024.