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 ?Man-of-War or Smaller Boat 1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Man-of-War or Smaller Boat’ 1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Verso:
?Man-of-War or Smaller Boat 1807
D40612
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 118 x 187 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This single pencil line, not noticed or described by Finberg, probably represents a mast and extends the sketch of men-of-war and smaller boats on folio 31 (D06549; Turner Bequest C 30).

David Blayney Brown
May 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Man-of-War or Smaller Boat 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-man-of-war-or-smaller-boat-r1139076, accessed 25 April 2024.