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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > French Tour 1821 > Paris, Seine and Dieppe Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats Sailing 1821

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats Sailing’ 1821
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Recto:
Boats Sailing 1821
D18565
Turner Bequest CCXI 27
Pencil on white wove paper, 189 x 113 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXI – 27’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch of sailing boats drawn at the top of this page may belong to a sequence of sketches of the coast and shipping on folios 25, 26, 27 and 28 (Tate D18561, D18563, D18565, D18567; Turner Bequest CCXI 25, 26, 27, 28); although the original order of pages in this sketchbook is questionable (see sketchbook introduction). There are further sketches of sailing boats at the bottom of the page, and along the lower right-hand edge, drawn with the sketchbook turned to the right, as well as a sketch of a male figure, seen from behind, with hills or cliffs in the background. In the upper portion of the page, probably drawn with the sketchbook turned to the left, is a diagram of a four-sided object. For a full list of Turner’s sketches of shipping in this book, see folio 1 (D18525; Turner Bequest CCXI 1).

Thomas Ardill
February 2013

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Boats Sailing 1821 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-boats-sailing-r1146261, accessed 25 April 2024.