Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Fishing Boat Running before the Wind

1796–7

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Wilson Sketchbook
Medium
Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Support: 113 × 93 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D01226
Turner Bequest XXXVII 109

Catalogue entry

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the composition continues across folio 53 verso opposite (D01225; Turner Bequest XXXVII 108). It is one of a series of subjects presumably made at Margate; see under folio 52 verso (D01223; Turner Bequest XXXVII 106).

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

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