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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Three-Master Seen from the Port Side c.1799-1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Three-Master Seen from the Port Side’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
A Three-Master Seen from the Port Side c.1799–1802
D04042
Turner Bequest LXIX 40
Pencil on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Watermark: Strasburg lily (trimmed)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘40’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-40’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the pages turned horizontally, this study is continued on folio 39 verso opposite (D04041), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Three-Master Seen from the Port Side 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-three-master-seen-from-the-port-side-r1177920, accessed 23 September 2024.