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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats and a Ship under Sail c.1815-16

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 63 Verso:
Boats and a Ship under Sail c.1815–16
D10841
Turner Bequest CXLIII 63a
Pencil on white wove paper, 102 x 160 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This swift sketch, drawn with the page turned horizontally, shows a ship moving to the left, with what appear to be two boats moving to the right in front of it. Figures are perhaps indicated aboard the nearest. For similar studies in this sketchbook, see under folio 8 recto (D10784).
Technical notes:
A tear towards the left of the bottom edge (relative to the drawing) has been repaired on the recto (D10840).

Matthew Imms
September 2013

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Boats and a Ship under Sail 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-and-a-ship-under-sail-r1147728, accessed 28 March 2024.