Joseph Mallord William Turner

Men in Boats, Fishing

c.1808

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Greenwich Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 76 x 115 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D06795
Turner Bequest CII 38 a

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Drawn with the sketchbook inverted.

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

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