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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Family Boarding a Boat by a Gang-Plank 1792-3

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Family Boarding a Boat by a Gang-Plank’ 1792-3
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Family Boarding a Boat by a Gang-Plank 1792–3
D40053
Pencil on white wove paper, 222 x 273 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXIII – T’ above Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A study related to the theme treated more expansively on the recto (D00394; Turner Bequest XXIII T 2), though actually a different subject. It is noteworthy for the deliberate complexity of its main group. Another, slighter sketch of the same subject is Tate D40243 (Turner Bequest XXIII T 1).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Family Boarding a Boat by a Gang-Plank 1792–3 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-a-family-boarding-a-boat-by-a-gang-plank-r1141149, accessed 20 September 2024.