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 ?Sheerness; Men-of-War at Anchor c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Sheerness; Men-of-War at Anchor’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 37 Verso:
?Sheerness; Men-of-War at Anchor circa 1805–9
D06415
Turner Bequest XCIX 33a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued on folio 38 (D06416; Turner Bequest XCIX 34), this is part of a double-page spread showing men-of-war and other vessels off a town, probably Sheerness.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Sheerness; Men-of-War at Anchor 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-sheerness-men-of-war-at-anchor-r1130610, accessed 02 August 2025.