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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Boat; View on the Meuse from Mid-Stream 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boat; View on the Meuse from Mid-Stream’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Verso:
Boat; View on the Meuse from Mid-Stream 1824
D19601
Turner Bequest CCXVI 25 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘smith & [allnut] | 18[22]’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The principal drawing is of a riverboat, typical of the sort which plied the Meuse for fish. The boat is installed with a system of mechanical pulleys attached to what appears to be a lift net designed to haul fish from the waters. Parallel to the gutter of the book is a small view of the Meuse taken by Turner as his boat navigated the river mid-stream.

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Boat; View on the Meuse from Mid-Stream 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2014, 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-boat-view-on-the-meuse-from-mid-stream-r1174389, accessed 24 April 2024.