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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Large Ship under Sail, Seen from the Stern c.1799-1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Large Ship under Sail, Seen from the Stern’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
A Large Ship under Sail, Seen from the Stern c.1799–1802
D04028
Turner Bequest LXIX 33
Pencil on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Watermark: Strasburg lily (trimmed)
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘48 | 18’ top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘33’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-33’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the pages turned horizontally, this slight study is continued on folio 32 verso opposite (D04027).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Large Ship under Sail, Seen from the Stern 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-large-ship-under-sail-seen-from-the-stern-r1177906, accessed 16 April 2024.