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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailboats and Figures c.1830-41

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailboats and Figures’ c.1830-41
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Sailboats and Figures c.1830–41
D34780
Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 318
Pencil on white laid paper, 171 x 75 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘dab[...]g s[...]p in [...]g’ bottom left
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram centre
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a large number of sketches on loose sheets of paper depicting coastal terrain and seagoing vessels in various combinations. For the grouping and dating of these works to the middle and later periods of Turner’s career, see the section introduction.
Technical Notes:
The sheet has been removed from a sketchbook.
Verso:
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink with the note ‘318’. Stamped in black with the Turner Bequest number ‘CCCXLIV 318’.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Sailboats and Figures c.1830–41 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sailboats-and-figures-r1182847, accessed 09 May 2024.