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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Bay with Beached Ships and Figures c.1799-1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Bay with Beached Ships and Figures’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
A Bay with Beached Ships and Figures c.1799–1802
D04003
Turner Bequest LXIX 9
Pen and ink on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-9’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, and perhaps part of the same sequence of sketches as that on folio 1 recto (D03994), this seems to relate to Turner’s ideas for a view of Flint Castle; see folios 14 recto, 16 recto (D04008, D04010), and 114 recto (D04132; Turner Bequest LXIX 115).
Verso:
Blank; slight offset from folio 109 recto (Tate D04126; Turner Bequest LXIX 110), indicating that the pages were once bound consecutively.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Bay with Beached Ships and Figures c.1799–1802 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 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-bay-with-beached-ships-and-figures-r1177880, accessed 24 April 2024.