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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > On a Lee Shore (2) Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Stern and Bows of a Fishing Boat c.1801-2

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Stern and Bows of a Fishing Boat’ c.1801-2
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
The Stern and Bows of a Fishing Boat c.1801–2
D03993
Turner Bequest LXVII 8
Pencil on white wove paper prepared with a grey-blue wash, 118 x 182 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LXVIII 8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Crammed together so that at first sight they read as a single image, these two quickly drawn studies are in fact separate, though they presumably record features of the same vessel. They concentrate on particular details of a small boat, notably the rudder and halyards.
Technical notes:
A vertical 30 mm tear from towards the right of the lower edge has been repaired.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by Turner in brown ink ‘103’ descending vertically on the remaining portion of a vellum label towards the gutter (see the technical notes in the sketchbook’s Introduction).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘The Stern and Bows of a Fishing Boat c.1801–2 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-the-stern-and-bows-of-a-fishing-boat-r1178298, accessed 17 July 2024.