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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Plan of the Deck of a Fishing Vessel; Sketch of a Detail c.1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Plan of the Deck of a Fishing Vessel; Sketch of a Detail’ c.1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Verso:
Plan of the Deck of a Fishing Vessel; Sketch of a Detail c.1799
D02269
Turner Bequest XLIX 25a
Black chalk on white laid paper, 150 x 121 mm
Part watermark ‘1799’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are studies of a fishing boat on several of the following pages, and this plan may refer to the same vessel; see folios 28 verso–29 recto, 29 verso–30 recto, 30 verso–31 recto, 31 verso–32 recto, 32 verso–33 recto and 62 verso–63 recto (D02273–D02282, D02312–D02313).

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Plan of the Deck of a Fishing Vessel; Sketch of a Detail c.1799 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-plan-of-the-deck-of-a-fishing-vessel-sketch-of-a-detail-r1174141, accessed 19 April 2024.