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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Tour of Yorkshire 1816 > Yorkshire 6 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Soldiers in a Boat c.1816

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Soldiers in a Boat’ c.1816
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
Soldiers in a Boat c.1816
D11611
Turner Bequest CXLIX 16
Pencil on white wove paper, 93 x 149 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘16’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXLIX 16’ bottom, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The military skiff here is the same as is seen on folios 12 recto and 13 recto (D11607, D11608), with its folded standard towards the bow. The boat seems precariously overloaded. For general notes on the series of unidentified subjects to which this sketch belongs see folio 2 recto (D11597).
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David Hill
October 2008

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Soldiers in a Boat c.1816 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, October 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2013, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-soldiers-in-a-boat-r1143756, accessed 21 November 2024.