Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sailing Barges, Guardship and a Rowing Boat: ?Related to ‘Purfleet and the Essex Shore as Seen from Long Reach’

c.1805–8

Image released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported)

License this image

In Tate Britain

Prints and Drawings Room

View by appointment
Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
River and Margate Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 115 x 190 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D06399
Turner Bequest XCIX 25

Catalogue entry

Finberg’s note adds ‘Possibly related to Mr. J.G. Gould’s “The Nore”’, thus referring to Purfleet and the Essex Shore as Seen from Long Reach (private collection),1 bought by the Earl of Essex from Turner’s Gallery in 1808. The connection seems proven in respect of the positions of the naval guardship in the left distance, the rowing boat in the left foreground and the barge on the right, but in the picture Turner omitted the two other sailing barges in the centre of this sketch.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

1
Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984, p.57 no.74 (pl.84).

Read full Catalogue entry

Explore

You might like

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Barges and a Rowing Boat’ c.1806–14

Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Barges and a Rowing Boat

c.1806–14
View by appointment D06648
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ship, Barge and Rowing Boats’ c.1806–14

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ship, Barge and Rowing Boats

c.1806–14
View by appointment D06649
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Rowing Boat in a Choppy Sea, with Sailing Boats Beyond’ c.1801–2

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Rowing Boat in a Choppy Sea, with Sailing Boats Beyond

c.1801–2
View by appointment D03985
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Thames Barges and Rowing Boats’ c.1820–5

Joseph Mallord William Turner Thames Barges and Rowing Boats

c.1820–5
View by appointment D07035
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Barge and Rowing Boat’ c.1806–14

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Barge and Rowing Boat

c.1806–14
View by appointment D06659
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Barges and other Vessels, Sailing’ c.1805–9

Joseph Mallord William Turner Barges and other Vessels, Sailing

c.1805–9
View by appointment D06377
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gravesend: Fishing Boats, Figures on the Shore and a Man-of-War in the Distance’ c.1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner Gravesend: Fishing Boats, Figures on the Shore and a Man-of-War in the Distance

c.1805
View by appointment D05417
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Barge Sailing’ c.1807

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Barge Sailing

c.1807
View by appointment D05976
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Vessel and Rocks Seen from the Shore’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sailing Vessel and Rocks Seen from the Shore

1801
View by appointment D02430
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Barge and Rowing Boats at Sunset’ c.1806–14

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Barge and Rowing Boats at Sunset

c.1806–14
View by appointment D06628
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Barges on a River: Bridge and Church Beyond’ 1808

Joseph Mallord William Turner Barges on a River: Bridge and Church Beyond

1808
View by appointment D07152
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Barge with Sail Set, and a Smaller Boat under Sail’ c.1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Barge with Sail Set, and a Smaller Boat under Sail

c.1801
View by appointment D03737
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Barges Sailing’ c.1807

Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Barges Sailing

c.1807
View by appointment D05967
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Barge and Vessels Sailing’ c.1805–9

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Barge and Vessels Sailing

c.1805–9
View by appointment D06375
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailing Barges’ c.1806–8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Barges

c.1806–8
View by appointment D06124