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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Bows of a Fishing Vessel c.1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Bows of a Fishing Vessel’ c.1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
The Bows of a Fishing Vessel c.1799
D02282
Turner Bequest XLIV 33
Pencil on white laid paper, 150 x 121 mm
Part watermark: oval surmounted by a crown
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘33’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLIX – 33’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 32 verso opposite (D02281). For similar studies on adjacent pages, see under folio 25 verso (D02269).
Verso:
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Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Bows of a Fishing Vessel 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-the-bows-of-a-fishing-vessel-r1174154, accessed 19 September 2024.