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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Boat c.1822

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Boat’ c.1822
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Study of a Boat c.1822
D17764
Turner Bequest CCIII G
Pencil on white laid paper, 106 x 204 mm
Watermark ‘G.C. & Co. 1823’
Stamped with Turner Bequest monogram, centre towards bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCIII–G’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing is part of a group of sketches of boats which were formerly all on one sheet (Tate D17762–D17763, D17765–D17766; Turner Bequest CCIII E, F, H–I).1 Finberg lists the present drawing and others in this group as possible studies for the Rivers of England watercolour The Mouth of the River Humber (Tate D18151; Turner Bequest CCVIII R).2
The sketch is much slighter than the previous studies of boats in this grouping, the handling more tentative and light.

Alice Rylance-Watson
March 2013

1
Warrell 1991, p.66 no.77.
2
Finberg 1909, vol.I, p.617.

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Study of a Boat c.1822 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-a-boat-r1146360, accessed 20 April 2024.