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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Marine subjects c.1803-14 > Spithead Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Bow and Sterns of Men-of-War, including the 'Trekroner' 1807

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bow and Sterns of Men-of-War, including the 'Trekroner'’ 1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
Bow and Sterns of Men-of-War, including the ‘Trekroner’ 1807
D06519
Turner Bequest C 2
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, 118 x 187 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘Yellow Black’ to right of the stern at left, ‘yellow’ and ‘TE KORNE’ to right of the stern at right, ‘Blue White’ to right of the figurehead on the bow, below, and ‘B’, ‘yellow’ and ‘B’ at its left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘C 2’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A quick sketch, annotated with paint colours, of Danish ships seized at Copenhagen on 7 September 1807; see Introduction to the sketchbook for the historical background. According to Turner’s inscription, the stern on the right belongs to the Trekroner (Three Crowns), which
is one of the two Danish prizes depicted in Turner’s picture Spithead: Boat’s Crew Recovering an Anchor (Tate N00481),1 for which also see the Introduction. The sketch of the stern and mizzen gaff with a Danish standard seems to be a detail of the larger ship drawn on folio 4 (D06520; Turner Bequest C3).
1
Martin Butlin and Evelyn Joll, The Paintings of J.M.W. Turner, revised ed., New Haven and London 1984, pp.60–1 no.80 (pl.90).
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David Blayney Brown
May 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Bow and Sterns of Men-of-War, including the ‘Trekroner’ 1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2006, 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-bow-and-sterns-of-men-of-war-including-the-trekroner-r1139039, accessed 19 April 2024.