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 > Windsor and Eton Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Vessels, with Diagrams and Measurements of Sails c.1806-8

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Vessels, with Diagrams and Measurements of Sails’ c.1806-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Recto:
Vessels, with Diagrams and Measurements of Sails circa 1806–8
D06175
Turner Bequest XCVII 90
Pencil on white wove paper, 107 x 182 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with various dimensions within the sails and ‘10 yds ½’ bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘90’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVII 90’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For the various sketches of barges in this sketchbook see note to folio 23 (D06094).

David Blayney Brown
September 2008

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Vessels, with Diagrams and Measurements of Sails c.1806–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2008, 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-vessels-with-diagrams-and-measurements-of-sails-r1130356, accessed 26 April 2024.