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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Wales 1798 > Cyfarthfa Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ships in a Calm 1798

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ships in a Calm’ 1798
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Ships in a Calm 1798
D01672
Turner Bequest XLI 39
Pencil and wash on white wove paper, 269 x 439 mm
Watermark ‘1794 | J Whatman’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XLI – 39’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are faint indications of unidentified hills in the distance.
Technical notes:
The page has been cut down by 20 mm in both dimensions. The trimming occurred along the top and right-hand sides, and was evidently done before the drawing was made: the grey wash does not reach the right-hand edge. For comment on the combination of grey and brown used here see under Tate D01657–D01660 (Turner Bequest XLI 26, 26a, 27, 28) in this sketchbook.
Verso:
Blank; not stamped.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Ships in a Calm 1798 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 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-ships-in-a-calm-r1173286, accessed 16 November 2024.