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 Sailing Vessel c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Vessel’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 58 Verso:
A Sailing Vessel c.1799–1805
D05016
Turner Bequest LXXXI 114
Ink on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and ‘VI’
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–114’ top right, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, there is a slight continuation of the rapid sketch on folio 59 recto opposite (D05017; Turner Bequest LXXXI 115), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
The wash drawing of a ship on the recto (D05015; Turner Bequest LXXXI 113) has bled through the leaf.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Sailing Vessel 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-sailing-vessel-r1178220, accessed 21 September 2024.