Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Ship under Full Sail

c.1799–1802

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Studies for Pictures Sketchbook
Medium
Ink and graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 135 × 210 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D04011
Turner Bequest LXIX 17

Catalogue entry

Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this isolated ship seen in silhouette at a distance is similar to that in the ink drawing on folio 10 recto (D04004).
Verso:
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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