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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailboats c.1830-41

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailboats’ c.1830-41
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Sailboats c.1830–41
D34953
Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 452
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 64 mm
Watermark ‘John Hall | 1823’
Inscribed in red ink ‘cccxliv. [...]’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLIV 452’ bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘452’ bottom right
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.
Technical Notes:
Wrinkling and light brown marks across the sheet and horizontal fold down the centre.
Verso:
Blank

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Sailboats c.1830–41 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-sailboats-r1182864, accessed 25 April 2024.