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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Bow of a Barge c.1800-7

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Bow of a Barge’ c.1800-7
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Verso:
The Bow of a Barge circa 1800–7
D05186
Turner Bequest LXXXIV 15a
Pencil on white wove paper, 73 x 119 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15a’ bottom left
Stamped in black ‘LXXXIV 15a’ bottom left
 
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); folio 6 verso (D05175; Tuner Bequest LXXXIV 7a) has a sketch probably of the stern and hull of the same barge.

David Blayney Brown
November 2004

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘The Bow of a Barge 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-the-bow-of-a-barge-r1178363, accessed 23 April 2024.