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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures on the Deck of a Sailing Packet 1796

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures on the Deck of a Sailing Packet’ 1796
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Verso:
Figures on the Deck of a Sailing Packet 1796
D00790
Turner Bequest XXX 51a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 126 mm
This subject is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation. Some faint lines to the right may indicate another vessel in the distance. Compare the drawing on folio 30 recto (D00759; Turner Bequest XXX 29).

Andrew Wilton
May 2011

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Figures on the Deck of a Sailing Packet 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-figures-on-the-deck-of-a-sailing-packet-r1149740, accessed 18 April 2024.