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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Calais Pier Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Large Vessel Lying on her Starboard Side, with a Small Sailing Boat in Front c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Large Vessel Lying on her Starboard Side, with a Small Sailing Boat in Front’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 70 Recto:
A Large Vessel Lying on her Starboard Side, with a Small Sailing Boat in Front c.1799–1805
D05039
Turner Bequest LXXXI 137
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘137’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–137’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 69 verso opposite (D05038; Turner Bequest LXXXI 136), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Large Vessel Lying on her Starboard Side, with a Small Sailing Boat in Front 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-a-large-vessel-lying-on-her-starboard-side-with-a-small-r1178243, accessed 20 April 2024.