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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 39 Verso:
Shipping c.1835–40
D27438
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 39a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Partial watermark ‘WOOD ¦18’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The cursory nature of these studies of shipping is typical of the drawings in this sketchbook. For more details, see the sketchbook Introduction.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Shipping c.1835–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-shipping-r1181575, accessed 23 April 2024.