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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Figures; Shipping c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures; Shipping’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 28 Recto:
Figures; Shipping c.1832
D27317
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX 28
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 206 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘28’ top right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIX 28’ top right, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with studies of figures and shipping. For more on these subjects in this volume, see the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Figures; Shipping c.1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-figures-shipping-r1181453, accessed 24 April 2024.