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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping with Bunting in Portsmouth Harbour 1844

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping with Bunting in Portsmouth Harbour’ 1844
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Shipping with Bunting in Portsmouth Harbour 1844
D35743
Turner Bequest CCCLXII 31
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 116 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘31’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXII – 31’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this slight study of shipping, apparently continued on folio 30 verso opposite (Tate D35742), relates like the other rapid sketches in this book to the arrival of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, at Portsmouth Harbour on 8 October 1844, as discussed in the Introductions to the sketchbook and the overall section. For other drawings including bunting, see under folio 12 recto (Tate D35705).1

Matthew Imms
September 2016

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See also Brown 1987, p.20, and Warrell 2013, p.10.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Shipping with Bunting in Portsmouth Harbour 1844 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-shipping-with-bunting-in-portsmouth-harbour-r1185679, accessed 24 April 2024.