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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Capsized Boat and Crew with other Figures among Breakers, and Another Boat Beyond c.1801-2

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Capsized Boat and Crew with other Figures among Breakers, and Another Boat Beyond’ c.1801-2
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Verso:
A Capsized Boat and Crew with other Figures among Breakers, and Another Boat Beyond c.1801–2
D03979
Turner Bequest LXVII 5a
Ink on white wove paper prepared with a grey-blue wash, 118 x 182 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 6 recto opposite (D03980), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Capsized Boat and Crew with other Figures among Breakers, and Another Boat Beyond c.1801–2 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-capsized-boat-and-crew-with-other-figures-among-breakers-r1178283, accessed 15 July 2026.