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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Ships c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 56 Recto:
Sailing Ships c.1799–1802
D04063
Turner Bequest LXIX 56
Pencil on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘56’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-56’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the pages turned horizontally, this rough sketch is continued on folio 55 verso opposite (D04062).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Sailing Ships 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-sailing-ships-r1177941, accessed 28 March 2024.