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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats Sailing off the Coast of Holland 1835

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats Sailing off the Coast of Holland’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Verso:
Boats Sailing off the Coast of Holland 1835
D32481
Turner Bequest CCCXXI 19 a
Pencil on off-white laid paper, 95 x 153 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This swiftly rendered sketch shows shipping navigating the waters off the coast of Holland.

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2016

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Boats Sailing off the Coast of Holland 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2016, 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-boats-sailing-off-the-coast-of-holland-r1187295, accessed 26 April 2024.