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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping’ c.1835-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Recto:
Shipping c.1835–40
D27390
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX a 13
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘13’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXIX (a) – 13’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight study of shipping is typical of much of this sketchbook’s contents. For more information, see the sketchbook Introduction.

John Chu
February 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Shipping c.1835–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-shipping-r1181529, accessed 24 November 2024.