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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Group of Ships with Half-Lowered Sails 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Group of Ships with Half-Lowered Sails’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
A Group of Ships with Half–Lowered Sails 1801
D02467
Turner Bequest LIII 4
Pencil on white wove paper, 112 x 162 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘4’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LIII – 4’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study was made with the page turned horizontally.
Technical notes:
There is a smear of grey colour along the lower (outer) edge.
Verso:
Blank; slight watercolour offset from folio 5 recto opposite (D02468).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Group of Ships with Half–Lowered Sails 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-group-of-ships-with-half-lowered-sails-r1178489, accessed 24 November 2024.