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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Breaking Wave 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 110 Recto:
A Breaking Wave 1801
D02797
Turner Bequest LIV 110
Pencil and wash with scraping-out on white wove paper prepared with a mauve-pink ground, 115 x 164 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘1002.C’ top right, upside down
Inscribed in red ink ‘110’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LIV 110’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing is one of a series of studies of breaking waves between folios 109 recto and 116 verso (D02796–D02810); see also folio 3 verso (D02618) and the entry for folio 16 recto (D02809).
Technical notes:
Folios 109–116 (D02796–D02810) probably belonged originally between folios 33 and 34 (D02649, D02650); see the technical notes to the sketchbook’s Introduction.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Breaking Wave 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-a-breaking-wave-r1178983, accessed 28 March 2024.