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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45 > Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Hybrid Sailing Steamship c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Hybrid Sailing Steamship’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
A Hybrid Sailing Steamship c.1830
D35791
Turner Bequest CCCLXIII 18
Pencil on white wove paper, 98 x 76 mm
Inscribed by Turner ‘[?Sh ...] towards top left
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘18’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXIII – 18’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned vertically, Turner has made a thumbnail sketch of a the port side of a three-masted ship with a funnel and what seems to a paddlewheel housing amidships. His inscription immediately below may be the name of the vessel, presumably observed passing off Kent (see the sketchbook’s Introduction).

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Hybrid Sailing Steamship c.1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-hybrid-sailing-steamship-r1183755, accessed 26 April 2024.