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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Bristol: Shipping in the Harbour 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bristol: Shipping in the Harbour’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
Bristol: Shipping in the Harbour 1798
D01704
Turner Bequest XLII 29
Pencil and pen and ink on buff laid paper, 174 x 125 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘29’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLII – 29’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 14 verso opposite (D01703; Turner Bequest XLII 28), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
March 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Bristol: Shipping in the Harbour 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-bristol-shipping-in-the-harbour-r1173900, accessed 19 April 2024.