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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ships and Boats under Sail c.1815-16

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ships and Boats under Sail’ c.1815-16
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 82 Verso:
Ships and Boats under Sail c.1815–16
D10865
Turner Bequest CXLIII 82a
Pencil on white wove paper, 160 x 102 x 160 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, a ship is shown head-on in the centre, with one or two boats in front of another on the left. The features of a shoreline appear to be lightly indicated on the right. For similar studies in this sketchbook, see under folio 8 recto (D10784).

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Ships and Boats under Sail c.1815–16 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ships-and-boats-under-sail-r1147752, accessed 23 September 2024.