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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Study of a Sailing Barge 1825

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Study of a Sailing Barge’ 1825
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 128 Recto:
A Study of a Sailing Barge 1825
D19092
Turner Bequest CCXIV 128
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 155 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘28’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXIV – 128’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this slight sketch shows a two-masted barge with hints of figures and cargo on the deck, perhaps at or near Utrecht (see the verso; D19093). See the sketchbook’s Introduction for discussion of its many shipping studies.

Matthew Imms and Quirine van der Meer Mohr
September 2020

How to cite

Matthew Imms and Quirine van der Meer Mohr, ‘A Study of a Sailing Barge 1825 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2020, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-study-of-a-sailing-barge-r1202444, accessed 15 August 2025.