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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
Shipping 1831
D25659
Turner Bequest CCLXV 10
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 65 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘10’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 10’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted on a ripped page, this sketch of shipping is one of a number of such subjects scattered throughout the sketchbook: folios 17 verso–18, 62 verso, 64 verso (D25671–D25672, D25755, D25759). Turner had several opportunities to sketch shipping while he was using this sketchbook on his 1831 tour of northern England and Scotland.

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Shipping 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-shipping-r1134022, accessed 23 April 2024.