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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Studies for Pictures Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Beached Boats, with Ships at Sea Seen from the Shore c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Beached Boats, with Ships at Sea Seen from the Shore’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 122 Recto:
Beached Boats, with Ships at Sea Seen from the Shore c.1799–1802
D04140
Turner Bequest LXIX 123
Ink, wash and gouache on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘123’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-123’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A similar composition of shipping is on folio 119 recto (D04137; Turner Bequest LXIX 120).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Beached Boats, with Ships at Sea Seen from the Shore c.1799–1802 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-beached-boats-with-ships-at-sea-seen-from-the-shore-r1178020, accessed 19 April 2024.