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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40 > Mouth of the Thames Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Verso:
Shipping c.1832
D27237
Turner Bequest CCLXXVIII 6a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Watermark ‘R BARNARD¦1820’
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, these studies of shipping are typical of the contents of this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook introduction.
Technical notes:
There is a small patch of red ink in the top right hand corner.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Shipping c.1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-shipping-r1181370, accessed 17 July 2024.