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 Men-of-War 1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Men-of-War’ 1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
Men-of-War 1807
D06544
Turner Bequest C 25
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 118 x 187 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘25’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘C 25’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Presumably sketched at Spithead, these ships may include prizes from the Danish fleet, seized by the British at Copenhagen; see Introduction to the sketchbook for the historical background. There is a slight extension of this sketch on folio 25 verso (D40607).

David Blayney Brown
May 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Men-of-War 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-men-of-war-r1139067, accessed 23 April 2024.