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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Waves; Fishing Boat in the Distance 1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Waves; Fishing Boat in the Distance’ 1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 39 Verso:
Waves; Fishing Boat in the Distance 1802
D04229
Turner Bequest LXXI 32a
Pencil on wove paper prepared with a grey wash, 112 x 187 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXI 32a’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Numbered by Finberg as folio 32a of this sketchbook, this has since been rebound as folio 39 verso. The subject, very hastily sketched, continues across folio 40 (D04230).

David Blayney Brown
April 2003

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Waves; Fishing Boat in the Distance 1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2003, 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-waves-fishing-boat-in-the-distance-r1133790, accessed 25 April 2024.