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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Bristol and Malmesbury 1791 > Bristol and Malmesbury Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner View in the Avon Gorge, with a Sailing Ship 1791

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View in the Avon Gorge, with a Sailing Ship’ 1791
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
View in the Avon Gorge, with a Sailing Ship 1791
D00078
Turner Bequest VI 6
Pencil on white wove paper, 185 x 263 mm
Stamped in black ‘VI 6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Technical notes:
The missing lower right corner has been made up.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View in the Avon Gorge, with a Sailing Ship 1791 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-view-in-the-avon-gorge-with-a-sailing-ship-r1140127, accessed 21 November 2024.