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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Studies for Pictures Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Vessels Moored off the Coast, with Small Boats and Figures on the Beach in the Foreground c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Vessels Moored off the Coast, with Small Boats and Figures on the Beach in the Foreground’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 119 Recto:
Vessels Moored off the Coast, with Small Boats and Figures on the Beach in the Foreground c.1799–1802
D04137
Turner Bequest LXIX 120
Ink and gouache on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘120’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-120’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this is one of a sequence of shipping compositions.
Technical notes:
The sheet is discoloured from prolonged exposure.
Verso:
Blank; slight offset from folio 120 recto opposite (D04138; Turner Bequest LXIX 121); inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘86’.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Vessels Moored off the Coast, with Small Boats and Figures on the Beach in the Foreground 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-vessels-moored-off-the-coast-with-small-boats-and-figures-on-r1178017, accessed 26 April 2024.