Joseph Mallord William Turner

Two Sailing Barges

c.1806–14

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In Tate Britain

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Boats, Ice Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 107 × 180 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D06640
Turner Bequest CI 21

Catalogue entry

Trees in the left distance indicate that these barges are on a river, presumably the Thames, rather than at sea as Finberg stated.
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David Blayney Brown
December 2006

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