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 > Colour Bill Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats and Figures c.1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats and Figures’ c.1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
Boats and Figures c.1801
D03740
Turner Bequest LXIII 5
Pencil on white laid paper, 98 x 158 mm
Partial watermark ‘17’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘LXIII – 5’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight sketch was made with the page turned horizontally. There are others of boats on preceding pages.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Boats and Figures c.1801 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-boats-and-figures-r1178437, accessed 17 July 2024.