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 Fishing Boat Riding a Large Breaker c.1799-1802

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Fishing Boat Riding a Large Breaker’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 44 Recto:
A Fishing Boat Riding a Large Breaker c.1799–1802
D04987
Turner Bequest LXXXI 85
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–65’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 43 verso opposite (D04986; Turner Bequest LXXXI 84), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Fishing Boat Riding a Large Breaker 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-a-fishing-boat-riding-a-large-breaker-r1178191, accessed 19 September 2024.