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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Top of a Mast, with Pennant c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Top of a Mast, with Pennant’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Verso:
Top of a Mast, with Pennant circa 1800–7
D05182
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 13a
Pencil on white wove paper, 73 x 119 mm
Inscribed, probably by John Ruskin, in red ink ‘13a’ top left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 13a’ top left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For the several sketches of boats in this sketchbook, see especially folio 5 verso (D05173).

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Top of a Mast, with Pennant c.1800–7 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2004, 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-top-of-a-mast-with-pennant-r1178359, accessed 24 April 2024.