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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats at Antwerp 1817

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats at Antwerp’ 1817
Folio 6 Verso:
Boats at Antwerp 1817
D13007
Turner Bequest CLXII 6a
Pencil on ‘blue’ laid writing paper, 156 x 93 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Antwerp can be confirmed as the subject here by its continuation with the Cathedral of Our Lady and St Jacobskerk on folio 7 recto opposite (D13008). In the foreground here are faint silhouettes of what seem to be boats.
For Antwerp in this sketchbook, see notes to folio 2 verso (D12999).

Quirine van der Meer Mohr
December 2013

Revised by David Blayney Brown
September 2025

How to cite

Quirine van der Meer Mohr, ‘Boats at Antwerp 1817’, catalogue entry, December 2013, revised by David Blayney Brown, September 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, June 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/boats-at-antwerp-r1212382, accessed 31 July 2026.