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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches c.1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Sketches’ c.1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Recto:
Two Sketches circa 1819
D13988
Turner Bequest CLXXII 30
Pencil on white wove paper, 99 x 155 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘30’ top right, ascending right hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CLXXII 30’ top right, ascending right hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of these two sketches has not been identified. They appear to show a man-made construction, possibly related to shipbuilding. It is not known whether they relate to Turner’s 1819 Italian tour or predate it.

Nicola Moorby
July 2008

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Two Sketches c.1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2008, 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-two-sketches-r1138809, accessed 24 April 2024.