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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Hastings Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Figure in a Boat circa 1809-11

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Figure in a Boat’ circa 1809-11
Folio 42 Recto:
A Figure in a Boat circa 1809–11
D07656
Turner Bequest CXI 42
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 110 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘White’, lower centre, and ‘Green Rushes | R...’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘42’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXI 42’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. There is a similar sketch on folio 43 (D07658).

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Figure in a Boat c.1809–11’, catalogue entry, May 2011, 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/a-figure-in-a-boat-r1131143, accessed 24 April 2024.