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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sailing Boat in a Squall 1792-3

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Boat in a Squall’ 1792-3
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
A Sailing Boat in a Squall 1792–3
D08190
Turner Bequest CXIX C
Pencil on white wove paper, 213 x 272 mm
Stamped in black ‘CXIX – C’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg noted that the sheet was difficult to date precisely, and grouped it with miscellaneous drawings of about 1802–10. The present placing seems probably correct, however. The study of a boat may have been drawn in connection with the subject of The Rising Squall, Hot Wells (see Tate D00389; Turner Bequest XXIII O), or one of the other shipping subjects of 1792–3.
Technical notes:
The sheet is conspicuously discoloured, stained and spattered with black ink.
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; paint and oil stains.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Sailing Boat in a Squall 1792–3 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-sailing-boat-in-a-squall-r1141157, accessed 24 April 2024.