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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study for a Picture of Boats on a Lee Shore c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for a Picture of Boats on a Lee Shore’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 52 Recto:
Study for a Picture of Boats on a Lee Shore c.1799–1805
D05003
Turner Bequest LXXXI 101
Ink, white chalk and pencil on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘101’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–101’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 51 verso opposite (D05002; Turner Bequest LXXXI 100), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study for a Picture of Boats on a Lee Shore c.1799–1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-for-a-picture-of-boats-on-a-lee-shore-r1178207, accessed 18 April 2024.