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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Barges, Lighters and other Vessels c.1820-5

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Barges, Lighters and other Vessels’ c.1820-5
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Recto:
Barges, Lighters and other Vessels circa 1820–5
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Turner Bequest CV 39
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘39’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CV 39’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Presumably sketched on the Thames. See Introduction to the sketchbook for plans in the mid 1820s for a series of London subjects, including the Custom House and London Bridge.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Barges, Lighters and other Vessels c.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-barges-lighters-and-other-vessels-r1134560, accessed 10 May 2024.