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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner London: Shipping by the Tower c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘London: Shipping by the Tower’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 73 Recto:
London: Shipping by the Tower circa 1805–9
D06479
Turner Bequest XCIX 69
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘69’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 69’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this is a very slight continuation of the subject on folio 72 verso (D06478; Turner Bequest XCIX 68a), for which see comment.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘London: Shipping by the Tower c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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/joseph-mallord-william-turner-london-shipping-by-the-tower-r1130675, accessed 30 October 2025.