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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Recto:
Shipping c.1835–40
D27465
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 56
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘d[...]’ top centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘56’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 56’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page of maritime studies is typical of much of this volume’s contents. For more information see the sketchbook Introduction.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Shipping c.1835–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-shipping-r1181597, accessed 10 May 2024.