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 > On a Lee Shore (2) Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Fishing Boat Riding a Breaker Close to the Shore, with Another Boat Beyond c.1801-2

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Fishing Boat Riding a Breaker Close to the Shore, with Another Boat Beyond’ c.1801-2
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Verso:
A Fishing Boat Riding a Breaker Close to the Shore, with Another Boat Beyond c.1801–2
D03990
Turner Bequest LXVIII 5a
Ink and wash and scraping-out on white wove paper prepared with a grey-blue wash, 118 x 182 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1167’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 6 recto opposite (D03991), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Fishing Boat Riding a Breaker Close to the Shore, with Another Boat Beyond c.1801–2 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-riding-a-breaker-close-to-the-shore-with-r1178295, accessed 25 April 2024.