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 > Greenwich Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Thames Barges c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Thames Barges’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Two Thames Barges circa 1808
D06780
Turner Bequest CII 31
Pencil on white wove paper, 76 x 115 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘31’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CII 31’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted.

David Blayney Brown
March 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Two Thames Barges c.1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2007, 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-two-thames-barges-r1130873, accessed 05 April 2026.