J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Figure in a Boat circa 1809-11

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Figure in a Boat’ circa 1809-11
Folio 43 Recto:
A Figure in a Boat circa 1809–11
D07658
Turner Bequest CXI 43
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 110 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘43’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXI 43’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this quick sketch follows (or precedes if Turner is working from the back of the book at this point) the similar one on folio 42 (D07656).

David Blayney brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney brown, ‘A Figure in a Boat c.1809–11’, catalogue entry, May 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/a-figure-in-a-boat-r1131145, accessed 05 April 2026.