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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Man Fishing in a River c.1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Man Fishing in a River’ c.1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
A Man Fishing in a River circa 1808
D07142
Turner Bequest CVI 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed ?by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘303’ bottom right and ‘8’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CVI 8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The location is unidentified. The bank of the river (?the Dove; see folio 9 of the sketchbook; D07143) is extended slightly to the left on folio 7 verso (D07141).
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David Blayney Brown
July 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Man Fishing in a River c.1808 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2010, 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-a-man-fishing-in-a-river-r1129568, accessed 26 April 2024.