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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Three Sketches of Ships in the Baltic 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Three Sketches of Ships in the Baltic’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto
Three Sketches of Ships in the Baltic 1835
D31118
Turner Bequest CCCVII 50
Pencil on cream laid paper, 89 x 162 mm
Watermark double ‘X’ mark
Inscribed in red ink by Ruskin ‘50’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCVII–50’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner records ships and boats on the Baltic Sea. More are shown on the folio opposite (Tate D31119; Turner Bequest CCCVII 50a).

Alice Rylance-Watson
May 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Three Sketches of Ships in the Baltic 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-three-sketches-of-ships-in-the-baltic-r1186993, accessed 20 April 2024.