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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of Shipping 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of Shipping’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
Sketches of Shipping 1831
D25672
Turner Bequest CCLXV 18
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘18’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 18’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, the setting of these sketches of shipping off the coast of a town on this page and folio 17 verso (D25672) have not been identified. The gothic spire depicted on the present page, however, may belong to the church on folio 25 verso (D25687). For further sketches of shipping in this sketchbook see folio 10 (D25659).

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Sketches of 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-sketches-of-shipping-r1134036, accessed 25 April 2024.