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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Meuse Scene with a Boat 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Meuse Scene with a Boat’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
Meuse Scene with a Boat 1824
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Turner Bequest CCXVI 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘smith & [allnut] | 18[22]’
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘26’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–26’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Rendered with loose scalloped line and hatching, Turner pictures a scene on the Meuse with figures attending their boats in the foreground.

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Meuse Scene with a Boat 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-meuse-scene-with-a-boat-r1174390, accessed 26 April 2024.