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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Vatican Fragments Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Vessels 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailing Vessels’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 81 Verso:
Sailing Vessels 1819
D15248
Turner Bequest CLXXX 80 a
Pencil on paper 101 x 161 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains several swift pencil studies of boats and sailing ships. Some brown/black ink wash has seeped through from the drawing on the recto.

Nicola Moorby
December 2009

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Sailing Vessels 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2009, 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-sailing-vessels-r1139660, accessed 24 April 2024.