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 > Studies for Pictures Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping c.1799-1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Shipping c.1799–1802
D04002
Turner Bequest LXIX 8
Pencil and white gouache on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-8’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The image is so faint that it is almost illegible, but it seems to show two ships, a distant three-master to the left, and a vessel closer in at the right, drawn with the page turned horizontally; waves appear to be breaking across the foreground.
Technical notes:
The white gouache has been subject to oxidation. The leather stains on this sheet, corresponding to the folded edges of the overlaps inside the front cover, indicate that it was originally folio 1. See folio 18 recto (D04012) for comparable leather stains from the back cover.
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Shipping c.1799–1802 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-shipping-r1177879, accessed 21 November 2024.