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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Cyfarthfa Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats at a Landing Stage, with Men Turning a Windlass 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats at a Landing Stage, with Men Turning a Windlass’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Boats at a Landing Stage, with Men Turning a Windlass 1798
D01673
Turner Bequest XLI 40
Pencil with watercolour and stopping-out on white wove paper, 281 x 460 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in brown ink ‘36’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLI – 40’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a scene presumably on the shore of the Severn near the mouth of the Wye; compare Tate D01651, D01652 and D01661; Turner Bequest 20, 21, 28a) in this sketchbook.
Technical notes:
The sheet is faded from exposure.
Verso:
Blank; not stamped.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Boats at a Landing Stage, with Men Turning a Windlass 1798 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-boats-at-a-landing-stage-with-men-turning-a-windlass-r1173287, accessed 18 April 2024.