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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures in a Boat; London, the Custom House, with the Tower of St Magnus the Martyr 1820-5

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures in a Boat; London, the Custom House, with the Tower of St Magnus the Martyr’ 1820-5
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 23 Verso:
Figures in a Boat; London, the Custom House, with the Tower of St Magnus the Martyr 1820–5
D07007
Turner Bequest CV 20a
Pencil on white wove paper, 185 x 108 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These are very slight sketches, distinct from each other, the boat drawn with the leaf turned upright and the outline of the Custom House made with it turned to landscape format. For the Custom House see Introduction to the sketchbook and especially note to folio 75 verso (D07083; Turner Bequest CV 66a).

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Figures in a Boat; London, the Custom House, with the Tower of St Magnus the Martyr 1820–5 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, 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-figures-in-a-boat-london-the-custom-house-with-the-tower-of-r1134528, accessed 19 April 2024.