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 Horses and a Boat on the Bank of a River, Possibly the St Germans or Lynher 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Horses and a Boat on the Bank of a River, Possibly the St Germans or Lynher’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
Horses and a Boat on the Bank of a River, Possibly the St Germans or Lynher 1814
D09714
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 38
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Part watermark ‘Fell | 18’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘38’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 38’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like preceding sketches, this may be a view on the wooded banks of the St Germans or Lynher River. A sailing boat is beached on the left, and there appear to be at least three horses, possibly with figures indicated between the two towards the right. For other views on and around the river, see under folio 27 verso (D09700).
Technical notes:
There is some brown staining down the left-hand edge.
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Horses and a Boat on the Bank of a River, Possibly the St Germans or Lynher 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-horses-and-a-boat-on-the-bank-of-a-river-possibly-the-st-r1147265, accessed 24 April 2024.