Joseph Mallord William Turner

Soldiers in a Boat

c.1816

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Yorkshire 6 Sketchbook
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Dimensions
Support: 93 x 149 mm
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Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D11607
Turner Bequest CXLIX 12

Catalogue entry

The boat heavily laden with soldiers in uniform and carrying a large furled standard towards the bow is here seen from the stern. It appears again on folios 13 recto and 16 recto (D11608, D11611). For general notes on the series of unidentified subjects to which this sketch belongs see folio 2 recto (D11597).
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David Hill
October 2008

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