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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hints River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping c.1815-20

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping’ c.1815-20
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
Shipping circa 1815–20
D10590
Turner Bequest CXLI 3
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘3’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXLI 3’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Sketches of shipping in a river run to folio 7 of the sketchbook (D10595). These are probably mainly on the River Thames, but see notes to the verso (D10591).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Shipping c.1815–20 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, 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-shipping-r1131643, accessed 25 April 2024.