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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Bow of a Man of War c.1799-1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Bow of a Man of War’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
The Bow of a Man of War c.1799–1802
D04038
Turner Bequest LXIX 38
Pencil on blue laid paper, 210 x 135 mm
Watermark: Strasburg lily (trimmed)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘38’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-38’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is effectively a continuation of the drawing on folio 37 verso opposite (D04037).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Bow of a Man of War 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-the-bow-of-a-man-of-war-r1177916, accessed 25 April 2024.