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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Four Studies of Sailing Vessels ?1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Four Studies of Sailing Vessels ?1798
D40060
Pencil on white cartridge paper, 254 x 334 mm laid on another sheet, 247 x 321 mm
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram above ‘XLIV – b’ bottom left
The recto of the sheet backed by this one is D01904 (Turner Bequest XLIV b).
Technical notes:
The sheet is stained and dirty, and torn away at the left.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Four Studies of Sailing Vessels ?1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-four-studies-of-sailing-vessels-r1140072, accessed 28 March 2024.