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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Liber Studiorum notes c.1807-19 > Liber Notes (1) Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats, Probably on the Thames c.1815-16

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats, Probably on the Thames’ c.1815-16
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Verso:
Boats, Probably on the Thames c.1815–16
D10782
Turner Bequest CXLIII 6a
Pencil on white wove paper, 102 x 160 mm
Partial watermark ‘J Gr | 18’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg’s tentative title seems to be along the right lines for this very slight sketch, made with the page turned horizontally and apparently showing two small boats with a larger one beyond, perhaps moored or beached by the River Thames, the setting for other drawings in this sketchbook (see the introduction).
For Gerald Wilkinson’s comments on the style and dating of this and other pages in the book, see under folio 4 recto (D10779).

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Boats, Probably on the Thames c.1815–16 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2013, 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-boats-probably-on-the-thames-r1147668, accessed 20 April 2024.