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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study for a Picture of William Tell Escaping from the Boat c.1802-5

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for a Picture of William Tell Escaping from the Boat’ c.1802-5
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
Study for a Picture of William Tell Escaping from the Boat c.1802–5
D04937
Turner Bequest LXXXI 36
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘Willm Tell escaping from the Boat’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–36’ top right, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the drawing is continued on folio 19 recto opposite (D04938; Turner Bequest LXXXI 37), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study for a Picture of William Tell Escaping from the Boat c.1802–5 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-picture-of-william-tell-escaping-from-the-boat-r1178141, accessed 25 April 2024.