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 A Rowing Boat with Figures on a Beach, with a High Cliff Beyond c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Rowing Boat with Figures on a Beach, with a High Cliff Beyond’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Recto:
A Rowing Boat with Figures on a Beach, with a High Cliff Beyond c.1799–1805
D04985
Turner Bequest LXXXI 83
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–83’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 42 verso opposite (D04984; Turner Bequest LXXXI 82), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Rowing Boat with Figures on a Beach, with a High Cliff Beyond c.1799–1805 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-rowing-boat-with-figures-on-a-beach-with-a-high-cliff-r1178189, accessed 26 April 2024.