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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study for a Stormy Sea Piece c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for a Stormy Sea Piece’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Verso:
Study for a Stormy Sea Piece c.1799–1805
D04907
Turner Bequest LXXXI 6
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 271 x 436 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Inscribed in ink ‘6’ bottom right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–6’ bottom right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, the subject of this study is apparently related to that on folio 2 verso (D04905; Turner Bequest LXXXI 4). They are probably ideas for one of the ambitious marines on which Turner was engaged in the years around 1800. The most obvious is the painting The Shipwreck of 1805 (Tate N00476);1 see under folio 1 verso (D04903; Turner Bequest LXXXI 2).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

1
Butlin and Joll 1984, p.43 no.54, pl.64 (colour).

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study for a Stormy Sea Piece c.1799–1805 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-study-for-a-stormy-sea-piece-r1178111, accessed 27 April 2024.