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 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Cabin of a Canal Boat, Man Cooking c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Cabin of a Canal Boat, Man Cooking’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Verso:
The Cabin of a Canal Boat, Man Cooking circa 1807
D06023
Turner Bequest XCVI 50a
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Canal Barge. W. & C. deck | Man cooking’ below image
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See also the sketch and diagram of a canal boat on folio 50 verso (D06021). These sketches were probably made on the Grand Union Canal; see Introduction to the sketchbook.

David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Cabin of a Canal Boat, Man Cooking c.1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2006, 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-the-cabin-of-a-canal-boat-man-cooking-r1130201, accessed 14 June 2025.