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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Fishing Boats in a Choppy Sea 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fishing Boats in a Choppy Sea’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 53 Recto:
Fishing Boats in a Choppy Sea 1796–7
D01224
Turner Bequest XXXVII 107
Pencil, watercolour and gouache on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 107’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the composition continues across folio 52 verso opposite (D01223; Turner Bequest XXXVII 106), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Fishing Boats in a Choppy Sea 1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2012, 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-fishing-boats-in-a-choppy-sea-r1149914, accessed 25 April 2024.