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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Reach of the River Medway, with a Sailing Boat 1798

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Reach of the River Medway, with a Sailing Boat’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 76 Recto:
A Reach of the River Medway, with a Sailing Boat 1798
D00638
Turner Bequest XXVI 79
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 203 x 264 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXVI 79’ bottom left, descending vertically
The smear of yellow pigment at the top right of the subject is similar to paint smears on the rectos or versos of other leaves: see folios 69, 74, 83–87 (D00629, D00635, D00653–D00657; Turner Bequest XXVI 72, 77, 91–95). The palette of this drawing resembles that of the studies on folios 71 recto and 72 recto (D00632, D00633; Turner Bequest XXVI 74, 75); see also Tate D00676 (Turner Bequest XXVII O).
The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.
Technical notes:
The corner at the bottom left of the subject has been made up.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Reach of the River Medway, with a Sailing Boat 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-a-reach-of-the-river-medway-with-a-sailing-boat-r1140962, accessed 26 April 2024.