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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Colour Bill Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Barge with Sail Set, and a Smaller Boat under Sail c.1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Barge with Sail Set, and a Smaller Boat under Sail’ c.1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
A Barge with Sail Set, and a Smaller Boat under Sail c.1801
D03737
Turner Bequest LXIII 2
Pencil, ink and wash on white laid paper, 98 x 158 mm
Partial watermark ‘17’
Stamped in black ‘LXIII – 2’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally. There are others of boats on adjacent pages.
Verso:
Blank, except for a pencil mark, probably the continuation of a drawing of a ship’s sail on the original following leaf, which has been torn out leaving a jagged stub which is not accessioned or mentioned by Finberg.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Barge with Sail Set, and a Smaller Boat under Sail c.1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-barge-with-sail-set-and-a-smaller-boat-under-sail-r1178434, accessed 21 November 2024.