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 Two Rowing Boats c.1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Rowing Boats’ c.1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
Two Rowing Boats c.1801
D03738
Turner Bequest LXIII 3
Pencil on white laid paper, 98 x 158 mm
Partial watermark ‘17’
Stamped in black ‘LXIII – 3’ 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; there is some brown ink offset from folio 4 recto opposite (D03739).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Two Rowing Boats 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-two-rowing-boats-r1178435, accessed 24 November 2024.