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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping’ c.1835-40 (Inside back cover of sketchbook)
Inside back cover of sketchbook
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Inside Back Cover:
Shipping c.1835–40
D41109
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Inscribed by Tuner in pencil ‘a[...]’ towards top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The maritime studies on this page are typical of the contents of this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.
In his 1909 inventory of the Turner Bequest, A.J. Finberg did not give this inside back cover a number.1
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A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909, vol.II, p.887.
Technical notes:
The glue binding this inside back cover to the binding board has seeped through the paper, causing a stain.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Shipping 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-shipping-r1181612, accessed 23 April 2024.