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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Ship under Full Sail c.1799-1802

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ship under Full Sail’ c.1799-1802
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Recto:
A Ship under Full Sail c.1799–1802
D04011
Turner Bequest LXIX 17
Pencil on blue laid paper, 135 x 210 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘17’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIX-17’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the page turned horizontally, this isolated ship seen in silhouette at a distance is similar to that in the ink drawing on folio 10 recto (D04004).
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Ship under Full Sail c.1799–1802 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-a-ship-under-full-sail-r1177889, accessed 21 November 2024.