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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats in a River or Estuary, Possibly the Eden or Solway, with Steep Cliff-Like Banks and Houses among Trees 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats in a River or Estuary, Possibly the Eden or Solway, with Steep Cliff-Like Banks and Houses among Trees’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
Boats in a River or Estuary, Possibly the Eden or Solway, with Steep Cliff–Like Banks and Houses among Trees 1801
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Turner Bequest LXXXII 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 161 x 256 mm
Watermark ‘1794’ (trimmed)
Inscribed in pencil ‘18’ bottom right, descending vertically
Blind–stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘21’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXXXII – 21’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This unconfirmed subject was recorded with the page turned horizontally.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Boats in a River or Estuary, Possibly the Eden or Solway, with Steep Cliff–Like Banks and Houses among Trees 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-boats-in-a-river-or-estuary-possibly-the-eden-or-solway-with-r1178665, accessed 25 April 2024.