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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Gurnard c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Gurnard’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Gurnard c.1835–40
D27382
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 9
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page of drawings of a gurnard fish is one of several in this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Gurnard c.1835–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-gurnard-r1181521, accessed 25 April 2024.