Joseph Mallord William Turner

Two Barges Sailing

c.1807

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
River Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 92 × 163 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D05965
Turner Bequest XCVI 5

Catalogue entry

One of several sketches of sailing barges in this sketchbook; others are on folios 6–9 and 11 (D05966–D05969, D05971). While other sketches show canal boats, these show barges in open water and breezy conditions so were probably drawn on the Thames downstream from London.
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David Blayney Brown
October 2006

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