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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Tour to the Alps 1836 > Val d'Aosta Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boat on the River, ?Stratford-upon-Avon 1833

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boat on the River, ?Stratford-upon-Avon’ 1833
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Recto:
Boat on the River, ?Stratford-upon-Avon 1833
D29200
Turner Bequest CCXCIII 86
Pencil on white wove paper, 190 x 113 mm
Inscribed, possibly by John Ruskin, in blue ink ‘86’ top right and ‘320’ bottom right
Stamped in brown ‘CCXCIII 86’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See Introduction to the sketchbook for the presence of a small run of sketches at Stratford-upon-Avon dating from 1833. These probably include the present example, given the context of surrounding sketches.

David Hill
June 2010

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Boat on the River, ?Stratford-upon-Avon 1833 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-boat-on-the-river-stratford-upon-avon-r1144748, accessed 23 September 2024.