Joseph Mallord William Turner

Fishing Boats at Gravesend

c.1805

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Shipwreck (1) Sketchbook
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Dimensions: Support: 118 x 185 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D05415
Turner Bequest LXXXVII 40

Catalogue entry

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this sketch is very slight sketch and related by Turner’s inscription meaning ‘ditto’ to folio 27 verso (D05419; Turner Bequest LXXXVII 44), which is annotated ‘Gravesend’. Folio 26 verso (D05417; Turner Bequest LXXXVII 42) also has a Gravesend sketch.

David Blayney Brown
January 2006

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