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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sailing Barge Laden with Cargo 1799

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Barge Laden with Cargo’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Verso:
A Sailing Barge Laden with Cargo 1799
D02055
Turner Bequest XLVI 41a
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 130 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is a sketch of a sail in the space above this rapid note, made with the page turned horizontally. Another study of a barge is on folio 43 verso (D02059).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Sailing Barge Laden with Cargo 1799 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-sailing-barge-laden-with-cargo-r1179914, accessed 19 September 2024.