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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Studies for Pictures Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats in a Calm c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats in a Calm’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 123 Recto:
Boats in a Calm c.1799–1802
D04141
Turner Bequest LXIX 124
Ink and gouache on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Watermark: Strasburg lily (trimmed)
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘124’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-124’ 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.
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Boats in a Calm 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-boats-in-a-calm-r1178021, accessed 23 September 2024.