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 Group of Small Boats and Barges, Some under Sail c.1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Group of Small Boats and Barges, Some under Sail’ c.1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
A Group of Small Boats and Barges, Some under Sail c.1801
D03739
Turner Bequest LXIII 4
Pencil with pen and brown ink on white laid paper, 98 x 158 mm
Partial watermark ‘17’
Stamped in black ‘LXIII – 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. There are others of boats on adjacent pages.
Verso:
Blank, except for a slight pencil mark.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Group of Small Boats and Barges, Some 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-group-of-small-boats-and-barges-some-under-sail-r1178436, accessed 20 November 2024.