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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hulks and Shipping, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hulks and Shipping, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
Hulks and Shipping, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar 1814
D09686
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘15’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The location of the shoreline on the right has not been established, but this is one of a number of studies of warships, hulks (decommissioned, dismasted warships) and other vessels interspersed with topographical sketches in the Hamoaze and lower reaches of the River Tamar north-west of Plymouth Sound between folios 3 recto and 29 recto (D09671–D09703).

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Hulks and Shipping, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-hulks-and-shipping-probably-on-the-hamoaze-or-lower-tamar-r1147237, accessed 22 November 2024.