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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Barge Sailing c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Barge Sailing’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
A Barge Sailing circa 1807
D05966
Turner Bequest XCVI 6
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVI 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For barges in this sketchbook, see note to folio 5 (D05965). This sketch is very slight.
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David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Barge Sailing c.1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2006, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-barge-sailing-r1130141, accessed 25 November 2024.