1904
E.T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn eds., Library Edition: The Works of John Ruskin: Volume XIII: Turner: The Harbours of England; Catalogues and Notes, London 1904, p.566 (Oxford loans catalogue, 1878) no.143, as ‘Ships of line at stated distances’.
1909
A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909, vol.I, p.173 LXIX 116 (as ‘Ships of Line: Evening. Written over different parts of drawing :– “Evening – Sunset – Ships – Line of battle – 2d. ship at a greater distance fr ye first – Low Land Very distant – Wet Sand – Figures.”‘ c.1800–2).
1985
Andrew Wilton, ‘Review of “The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner”, Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, second, revised edition’, Turner Society News, no.35, February 1985, p.7.