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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Foreshortened Study of a Sailing Vessel 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Foreshortened Study of a Sailing Vessel’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Verso:
Foreshortened Study of a Sailing Vessel 1798
D41257
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 170 x 266 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram left of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a slight sketch, made with the page turned horizontally.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Foreshortened Study of a Sailing Vessel 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, 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-foreshortened-study-of-a-sailing-vessel-r1173629, accessed 26 April 2024.