Joseph Mallord William Turner

Figures ?with a Boat, Possibly at Putney

c.1827

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Birmingham and Coventry Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 78 x 110 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D22455
Turner Bequest CCXL 69

Catalogue entry

In this rather slight study, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the straight lines below the central figures probably indicate a small boat, as shown in the similar drawing on the verso (D22456), where the setting may be the south bank of the River Thames at Putney. There are also variations on folio 71 verso (D22460). For other views along the Thames between the bridges at Hammersmith and Putney, see under folio 58 verso (D22434). There are separate small studies at the top left and right, including a woman apparently carrying a small child.

Matthew Imms
August 2013

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