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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures ?with a Boat, Possibly at Putney c.1827

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 69 Recto:
Figures ?with a Boat, Possibly at Putney c.1827
D22455
Turner Bequest CCXL 69
Pencil on white wove paper, 68 x 110 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘69’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCXL – 69’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In this rather slight study, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the straight lines below the central figures probably indicate a small boat, as shown in the similar drawing on the verso (D22456), where the setting may be the south bank of the River Thames at Putney. There are also variations on folio 71 verso (D22460). For other views along the Thames between the bridges at Hammersmith and Putney, see under folio 58 verso (D22434). There are separate small studies at the top left and right, including a woman apparently carrying a small child.

Matthew Imms
August 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Figures ?with a Boat, Possibly at Putney c.1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 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-figures-with-a-boat-possibly-at-putney-r1148605, accessed 29 March 2024.