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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sterns of Men of War c.1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sterns of Men of War’ c.1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Verso:
Sterns of Men of War circa 1805
D05421
Turner Bequest LXXXVII 46
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 185 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘English F’ [?Frigate] at left, and ‘B’ and ‘FF’ [?French Frigate] at right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘46’ top right, inverted
Stamped in black ‘LXXXVII 46’ top right, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See note to folio 10 of this sketchbook (D05387; Turner Bequest LXXXVII 29). The sterns of three ships are drawn here, one of which may be French – presumably a captured vessel lying in the Thames. See also folios 11 verso and 12 (D05407, D05400; Turner Bequest LXXXVII 32, 25).

David Blayney Brown
January 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Sterns of Men of War c.1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2006, 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-sterns-of-men-of-war-r1139201, accessed 21 September 2024.