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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Brighton and Copies from Wilson 1796-7 > Studies near Brighton Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sailing Boat Seen from the Prow 1796

Image 1 of 2
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Boat Seen from the Prow’ 1796
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Recto:
A Sailing Boat Seen from the Prow 1796
D00789
Turner Bequest XXX 51
Pencil on white wove paper, 126 x 108 mm
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘51’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXX 51’ top right, ascending vertically
With the page turned vertically, this is a slight continuation of top of the mast from the drawing on folio 51 verso opposite (D00787; Turner Bequest XXX 50).

Andrew Wilton
May 2011

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Sailing Boat Seen from the Prow 1796 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-sailing-boat-seen-from-the-prow-r1149739, accessed 20 April 2024.