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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Chemistry and Apuleia Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?A Tree and a Boat c.1813

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?A Tree and a Boat’ c.1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
?A Tree and a Boat c.1813
D09906
Turner Bequest CXXXV 10
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 113 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXV – 10’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In this extremely slight and loose sketch, the rounded shape towards the top left may be a tree, and the U-shaped form at the bottom centre possibly the stern of a boat, if not a landscape feature.
Technical notes:
A small, ringed spot of foxing to the left of centre shows through from the verso.
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?A Tree and a Boat c.1813 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-tree-and-a-boat-r1147861, accessed 24 April 2024.