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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Fishing Boat, Viewed from the Port Side with Sails Set c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Fishing Boat, Viewed from the Port Side with Sails Set’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 71 Recto:
A Fishing Boat, Viewed from the Port Side with Sails Set c.1799–1805
D05041
Turner Bequest LXXXI 139
Wash and gouache on blue laid paper, 271 x 436 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘139’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–139’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the pages turned horizontally, this is a continuation of the drawing on folio 70 verso opposite (D05040; Turner Bequest LXXXI 138), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Fishing Boat, Viewed from the Port Side with Sails Set 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-fishing-boat-viewed-from-the-port-side-with-sails-set-r1178245, accessed 26 April 2024.