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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bonneted Women in a Boat with Shipping Beyond, Probably on the River Thames c.1823-4

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bonneted Women in a Boat with Shipping Beyond, Probably on the River Thames’ c.1823-4
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Verso:
Bonneted Women in a Boat with Shipping Beyond, Probably on the River Thames c.1823–4
D17912
Turner Bequest CCV 44a
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 162 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘D[...]’ right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slightly whimsical sketch shows a boatload of women, their characters expressed only by the bill-like profiles of their large bonnets, with sailing boats and a roughly indicated waterfront beyond. They were probably observed by chance somewhere on the River Thames at Richmond or near Old London Bridge, both represented in identified views elsewhere in this sketchbook; see the Introduction. Turner’s single-word comment here is unfortunately difficult to make out.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Bonneted Women in a Boat with Shipping Beyond, Probably on the River Thames c.1823–4 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bonneted-women-in-a-boat-with-shipping-beyond-probably-on-r1172626, accessed 25 April 2024.