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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Study of Waves 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Study of Waves’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Verso:
Study of Waves 1801
D02618
Turner Bequest LIV 3a
Pencil with white gouache on white wove paper prepared with a mauve-pink ground, 115 x 164 mm
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This drawing evidently belongs with the studies of breaking waves now grouped at the other end of the book as folios 109–116 verso (D02796–D02810). It is possible that this is in fact a separated half of one of those drawings, which often extend across two pages.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Study of Waves 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-study-of-waves-r1178804, accessed 17 July 2024.