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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Masts c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Masts’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Verso:
?Masts circa 1805–9
D40598
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Not noticed or numbered by Finberg, this sketch is hardly legible and amounts to no more than two vertical lines and one horizontal, perhaps indicating masts and a spar.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Masts 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-masts-r1130582, accessed 19 April 2024.