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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Fishing Boats Seen from the Shore 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Fishing Boats Seen from the Shore’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Two Fishing Boats Seen from the Shore 1796–7
D00887
Turner Bequest XXXIII P
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on coarse buff laid paper, 198 x 275 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left
Stamped in black ‘XXXIII – P’ 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.
Verso:
The sheet has been backed with thick cream wove paper, inscribed in later hands: ‘14’ and ‘21’ (compare verso of Tate D00888; Turner Bequest XXXIII Q), and stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
January 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Two Fishing Boats Seen from the Shore 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-two-fishing-boats-seen-from-the-shore-r1149797, accessed 25 April 2024.