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

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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 Two Hulks, Probably on the Hamoaze 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Hulks, Probably on the Hamoaze’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
Two Hulks, Probably on the Hamoaze 1814
D09694
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 22
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘22’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 22’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
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). Divorced from any indication of their setting, the carefully drawn sterns of the two old warships, anchored side by side, are seen here from the starboard; the nearest has an additional structure with a pitched roof built onto its forecastle.
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Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Two Hulks, Probably on the Hamoaze 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-two-hulks-probably-on-the-hamoaze-r1147245, accessed 26 April 2024.