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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Fishermen Lowering Sail; a Three-Master under Sail in the Distance 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fishermen Lowering Sail; a Three-Master under Sail in the Distance’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Fishermen Lowering Sail; a Three-Master under Sail in the Distance 1796–7
D00903
Turner Bequest XXXIII f
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on coarse buff laid paper discoloured from exposure; 268 x 354 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram lower left
Stamped in black ‘XXXIII – f’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like other marine works in this subsection (see the Introduction), this was perhaps drawn at Margate.
Technical notes:
The sheet is somewhat irregular, particularly along the top edge.
Verso:
Blank; paint and oil stains.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Fishermen Lowering Sail; a Three-Master under Sail in the Distance 1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2013, 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-fishermen-lowering-sail-a-three-master-under-sail-in-the-r1149794, accessed 25 April 2024.