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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sail Boats c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sail Boats’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Sail Boats c.1830
D25091
Turner Bequest CCLXI 119
Pencil on blue paper, 140 x 188 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘119’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXI – 119’ bottom right
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram centre
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a large number of sketches on loose sheets of paper depicting coastal terrain and seagoing vessels in various combinations. For the grouping and dating of these works to the middle and later periods of Turner’s career, see the section introduction.
Verso:
Pencil note ‘D25091’ and ‘232’. Vestiges of white wove paper around the edges, presumably from an earlier mount.
Technical notes:
There is a brown mark on the left-hand edge of the sheet.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Sail Boats c.1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sail-boats-r1182765, accessed 24 April 2024.