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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Rome, Turin and Milan Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Quay 1828-9

Image 1 of 2
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Quay’ 1828-9
Folio 3 Recto:
Moored Boats and Distant Ramparts 1829
D21668
Turner Bequest CCXXXV 3
Pencil on cream wove paper, 90 x 144 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘3’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CCXXXV – 3’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner oriented the sketchbook horizontally to produce this rough outline of moored boats along the banks of a river or lake, with a single sailing vessel to the right and ramparts and buildings in the distance. The artist’s precise geographical location remains unclear, although he was presumably near the River Ticino or River Po, travelling westwards from Milan to Turin. This view likely relates to similar studies of moored boats on folios 1 verso and 2 recto, and the verso of the present leaf (D21665–D21666, D21669).

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Moored Boats and Distant Ramparts 1829’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/moored-boats-and-distant-ramparts-r1210309, accessed 18 April 2025.