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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner River Scene with Boys Fishing c.1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘River Scene with Boys Fishing’ c.1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 25 Recto:
River Scene with Boys Fishing circa 1807
D05987
Turner Bequest XCVI 25
Pencil on white laid paper, 92 x 163 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Boys naked fishing’ below image right of centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘25’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCVI 25’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
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David Blayney Brown
October 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘River Scene with Boys Fishing c.1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2006, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-river-scene-with-boys-fishing-r1130162, accessed 21 November 2024.