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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of a Rowing Boat, with Studies of the Stern of Another, and Two Figures in a Rowing Boat 1796

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of a Rowing Boat, with Studies of the Stern of Another, and Two Figures in a Rowing Boat’ 1796
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 59 Verso:
Study of a Rowing Boat, with Studies of the Stern of Another, and Two Figures in a Rowing Boat 1796
D00799
Turner Bequest XXX 58a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 126 mm
Stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left
The top study is quite detailed, while the others are slight by comparison.

Andrew Wilton
May 2011

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of a Rowing Boat, with Studies of the Stern of Another, and Two Figures in a Rowing Boat 1796 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-study-of-a-rowing-boat-with-studies-of-the-stern-of-another-r1149749, accessed 24 April 2024.