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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > North Wales 1799-1801 > Dolbadarn Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Three-Masted Ship of the Line with a Fishing Boat and a Distant Ship, in Calm Water 1799

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Three-Masted Ship of the Line with a Fishing Boat and a Distant Ship, in Calm Water’ 1799
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 114 Recto:
A Three-Masted Ship of the Line with a Fishing Boat and a Distant Ship, in Calm Water 1799
D02164
Turner Bequest XLVI 114
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper prepared with a pink ground, 79 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘114’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XLVI – 114’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Made with the page turned horizontally, this is one of a group of shipping subjects occurring at this end of the sketchbook; see also folios 115 verso and 118 verso (D02167, D02173).
Technical notes:
There is a smear of white gouache on the flag at the top centre.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Three-Masted Ship of the Line with a Fishing Boat and a Distant Ship, in Calm Water 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-three-masted-ship-of-the-line-with-a-fishing-boat-and-a-r1180023, accessed 25 April 2024.