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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Venetian Boats and Figures 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Venetian Boats and Figures’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 69 Recto:
Venetian Boats and Figures 1819
D14447
Turner Bequest CLXXV 69
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 185 mm
Partial watermark ‘lee | 13’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘orange Breeches Black Cap’ towards top left, beside figure, and ‘Red’ and ‘Brown with Fur | along the top’ top right, beside figure
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘69’ top right and ‘300’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXV 69’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These very slight, rapid studies, comprise figures with notes of their costumes, at least one small boat and possibly items of cargo. For other studies of boats in this sketchbook, see under folio 37 recto (D14383), and for figures, under folio 18 verso (D14351).

Matthew Imms
March 2017

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Venetian Boats and Figures 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2017, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, July 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-venetian-boats-and-figures-r1186559, accessed 24 April 2024.