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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > Calais Pier Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Fishing Boat, Seen from the Starboard Quarter c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Fishing Boat, Seen from the Starboard Quarter’ c.1799-1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 72 Verso:
A Fishing Boat, Seen from the Starboard Quarter c.1799–1805
D05044
Turner Bequest LXXXI 142
Ink, wash and gouache on blue laid paper, 271 x 436 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–142’ bottom right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the pages turned horizontally, the subject is continued on folio 73 recto opposite (D05045; Turner Bequest LXXXI 143). Compare folios 68 verso–69 recto and 70 verso–71 recto (D05036–D05037, D05040–D05041; Turner Bequest LXXXI 134–135, 138–139).
Technical notes:
The white gouache has become oxidised.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Fishing Boat, Seen from the Starboard Quarter c.1799–1805 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-fishing-boat-seen-from-the-starboard-quarter-r1178248, accessed 12 February 2025.