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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sailing Ship seen Bow-On, across Water c.1799-1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Ship seen Bow-On, across Water’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
A Sailing Ship seen Bow-On, across Water c.1799–1802
D04004
Turner Bequest LXIX 10
Ink and wash on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-10’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this light study economically conveys a mood of evening calm; compare folio 17 recto (D04011). A more elaborate composition with a central ship seen bow-on is on folio 99 recto (D04115; Turner Bequest LXIX 100).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Sailing Ship seen Bow-On, across Water 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-ship-seen-bow-on-across-water-r1177881, accessed 24 April 2024.