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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of the Moon over Water 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of the Moon over Water’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 114 Verso:
Study of the Moon over Water 1801
D02806
Turner Bequest LIV 114a
Pencil with scraping-out on white wove paper prepared with a mauve-pink ground, 115 x 164 mm
Partial watermark ‘17 | J Wha’
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1006’ top right, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this drawing falls among a series of studies of breaking waves between folios 109 recto and 116 verso (D02796–D02810); see also folio 3 verso (D02618) and the entry for folio 16 recto (D02809).
Technical notes:
Folios 109–116 (D02796–D02810) probably belonged originally between folios 33 and 34 (D02649, D02650); see the technical notes to the sketchbook’s Introduction.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of the Moon over Water 1801 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-of-the-moon-over-water-r1178992, accessed 30 September 2025.