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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Diagrams and Measurements of a Boat (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1806-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Diagrams and Measurements of a Boat (Inscriptions by Turner)’ c.1806-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Verso:
Diagrams and Measurements of a Boat (Inscriptions by Turner) circa 1806–9
D06512
Turner Bequest XCIX 86a
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil (see main catalogue entry)
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For drawings for a boat in this sketchbook, presumably Turner’s own, see note to folio 88 verso (D06508; Turner Bequest XCIX 84a). Here, drawn inverted, are views from the stern and of the deck from above. Turner’s inscription notes the cost of fittings:
Sails         £10 
Mast            3 
Bows            1 
Beams           2 
Rigging         5 
Iron            1 
Pump            1–23 

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Diagrams and Measurements of a Boat (Inscriptions by Turner) c.1806–9 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-diagrams-and-measurements-of-a-boat-inscriptions-by-turner-r1130708, accessed 19 September 2024.