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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Moored Sailing Ships in the Bacino, Venice 1840

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Moored Sailing Ships in the Bacino, Venice’ 1840
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 84 Recto:
Two Moored Sailing Ships in the Bacino, Venice 1840
D32427
Turner Bequest CCCXX 84
Pencil on white wove paper, 89 x 149 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘84’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCCXX – 84’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Folios 82 verso–87 recto (D32424–D32433), all drawn with the pages turned horizontally, form a brief sequence of views around the Bacino. Albeit lacking any indication of waterfront buildings, this study was likely made on the same occasion. A two-master and a more substantial three-master are shown moored, with slight indications of what may be the gun ports of Austrian naval vessels.

Matthew Imms
September 2018

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Two Moored Sailing Ships in the Bacino, Venice 1840 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2018, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2019, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-two-moored-sailing-ships-in-the-bacino-venice-r1196661, accessed 26 April 2024.