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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Interior of a Forge: Making Anchors 1796-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Interior of a Forge: Making Anchors’ 1796-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Recto:
Interior of a Forge: Making Anchors 1796–7
D01220
Turner Bequest XXXVII 103
Watercolour and gouache with pen and brown ink on blue laid wrapping paper prepared with a red-brown wash, 113 x 93 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXXVII – 103’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The composition continues across folio 50 verso opposite (D01219; Turner Bequest XXXVII 102), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Interior of a Forge: Making Anchors 1796–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2012, 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-interior-of-a-forge-making-anchors-r1149910, accessed 18 April 2024.