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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Hulk and Sailing Boats, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Hulk and Sailing Boats, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
A Hulk and Sailing Boats, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar 1814
D09672
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 4
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘4’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 4’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Buildings are roughly indicated near the shore on the left, with the silhouette of a small tower beyond. This is one of a number of studies of hulks (decommissioned, dismasted warships) interspersed with topographical sketches in the Hamoaze and lower reaches of the River Tamar north-west of Plymouth Sound between folios 3 recto and 29 recto (D09671–D09703).
Technical notes:
A small brown stain at the bottom right shows through from the verso (Tate D09673; Turner Bequest CXXXIII 4a) and in turn slightly affects the verso of the previous leaf.

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Hulk and Sailing Boats, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-hulk-and-sailing-boats-probably-on-the-hamoaze-or-lower-r1147223, accessed 26 April 2024.