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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sailing Boat c.1799-1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Boat’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
A Sailing Boat c.1799–1802
D04000
Turner Bequest LXIX 6
Pencil and white chalk on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-6’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight study was perhaps made on the spot, with the page turned horizontally.
Verso:
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Sailing Boat c.1799–1802 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-sailing-boat-r1177877, accessed 26 April 2024.