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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study for a Sea Piece, with Small Boats in Choppy Water c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for a Sea Piece, with Small Boats in Choppy Water’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Recto:
Study for a Sea Piece, with Small Boats in Choppy Water c.1799–1805
D05001
Turner Bequest LXXXI 99
Black and white chalks and ink on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘99’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–99’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 50 verso opposite (D05000; Turner Bequest LXXXI 98), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study for a Sea Piece, with Small Boats in Choppy Water 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-study-for-a-sea-piece-with-small-boats-in-choppy-water-r1178205, accessed 26 April 2024.