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 Study for a Sea Piece, with Small Boats in the Foreground and a Larger Ship in the Right Distance c.1799-1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study for a Sea Piece, with Small Boats in the Foreground and a Larger Ship in the Right Distance’ c.1799-1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto:
Study for a Sea Piece, with Small Boats in the Foreground and a Larger Ship in the Right Distance c.1799–1801
D05007
Turner Bequest LXXXI 105
Pencil, ink and wash on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘105’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–105’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 53 verso opposite (D05006; Turner Bequest LXXXI 104), under which the subject is discussed.
The shaded chalk sail and clouds above the centre are continued from folio 53 recto (D05005; Turner Bequest LXXXI 103), half of that leaf already being missing when Turner made the drawing.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study for a Sea Piece, with Small Boats in the Foreground and a Larger Ship in the Right Distance c.1799–1801 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-the-foreground-and-r1178211, accessed 24 September 2024.