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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Sheerness; Men-of-War at Anchor c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Sheerness; Men-of-War at Anchor’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
?Sheerness; Men-of-War at Anchor circa 1805–9
D06416
Turner Bequest XCIX 34
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘34’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 34’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued on folio 37 verso (D06415; Turner Bequest XCIX 33a), for which see comment.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Sheerness; Men-of-War at Anchor c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-sheerness-men-of-war-at-anchor-r1130611, accessed 20 September 2024.