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 > Calais Pier Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ships and a Rowing Boat c.1802-5

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ships and a Rowing Boat’ c.1802-5
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Recto:
Ships and a Rowing Boat c.1802–5
D04983
Turner Bequest LXXXI 81
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘81’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–81’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing is continued on folio 41 verso opposite (D04982; Turner Bequest LXXXI 80), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Ships and a Rowing Boat c.1802–5 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-ships-and-a-rowing-boat-r1178187, accessed 20 April 2024.