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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner River Scene with Moored Sailing Boats c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘River Scene with Moored Sailing Boats’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
River Scene with Moored Sailing Boats c.1824
D20321
Turner Bequest CCXXIV 30
Gouache and pencil on blue wove paper, 128 x 184 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXXIV 30’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In this lively sketch of a river scene, the line of the horizon is broken by the masts of several boats at anchor or perhaps tethered to moorings. The buildings to the right and in the background suggest a town. On the right edge of the sketch is a tower-like structure with two arches or possibly circles suggesting a church with clock tower.
There is a sketch of an unrelated subject on the verso (D20322; CCXXIV 30v).
For the grouping and dating of these works, see the section Introduction.

Ben Pollitt
August 2019

How to cite

Ben Pollitt, ‘River Scene with Moored Sailing Boats c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2019, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-river-scene-with-moored-sailing-boats-r1202086, accessed 09 May 2024.