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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Cheshire, Derbyshire, North Wales ... > Tabley No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Man Fishing from a Small Boat 1808

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Man Fishing from a Small Boat’ 1808
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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A Man Fishing from a Small Boat 1808
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Turner Bequest CIII 27
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 226 x 295 mm
Stamped in black ‘CIII 27’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This was probably drawn by the lake or Moat at Tabley when Turner was staying there in 1808, and was said to have spent most of his time fishing (see Introduction to the sketchbook).
Verso:
Blank save for splashes of watercolour.

David Blayney Brown
May 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Man Fishing from a Small Boat 1808 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-a-man-fishing-from-a-small-boat-r1134469, accessed 26 April 2024.