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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Studies of an Anchor and Sails c.1829-30

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Studies of an Anchor and Sails’ c.1829-30
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 80 Verso:
Studies of an Anchor and Sails c.1829–30
D22556
Turner Bequest CCXLI 80a
Pencil on gilt-edged mauve wove paper, 89 x 113 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with a calculation (see main catalogue entry)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, there is an isolated study of an anchor at the top right, and a cluster of details of masts and sails in the middle. These may have been observed at Margate or in the Pool of London (see the Introduction).
At the bottom left relative to the sketches, but made with the page turned vertically, is the following sum in pencil, with the answer left blank:
8
1
1
Technical notes:
The page is somewhat stained by proximity to the leather overlaps from the back cover and the acidic board under the pastedown opposite (D41106).

Matthew Imms
May 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Studies of an Anchor and Sails c.1829–30 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2014, 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-studies-of-an-anchor-and-sails-r1148448, accessed 18 April 2024.