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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Seated Figures in a Rowing Boat 1827

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Seated Figures in a Rowing Boat’ 1827
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 47 Verso:
Seated Figures in a Rowing Boat 1827
D18080
Turner Bequest CCVII 47a
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 100 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This very slight sketch apparently shows two women in bonnets on the left, one possibly with a raised parasol, and two indeterminate figures towards the right, beyond which is a shape suggesting the bows of a rowing boat. The two vertical strokes may be the oars, tossed (raised to the vertical) by two rowers; compare folios 9 verso and 20 verso (D18006, D18027). For more on studies in this sketchbook relating to the regatta events at Cowes from late July 1827 onwards, see the sketchbook Introduction.

Matthew Imms
December 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Seated Figures in a Rowing Boat 1827 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-seated-figures-in-a-rowing-boat-r1183568, accessed 13 May 2024.