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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Stern and Hull of a Barge c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Stern and Hull of a Barge’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Verso:
Stern and Hull of a Barge circa 1800–7
D05175
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 7a
Pencil on white wove paper, 73 x 119 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘7a’ top right, inverted
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 7a’ top right, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. For the several sketches of boats in the book, see especially folio 5 verso (D05173). Folio 14 verso (D05186) has a sketch probably of the bows of the same barge.

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Stern and Hull of a Barge c.1800–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2004, 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-stern-and-hull-of-a-barge-r1178352, accessed 26 April 2024.