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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40 > Gravesend and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sail Boats c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sail Boats’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
Sail Boats c.1832
D27289
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX 6
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 206 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIX 6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner filled much of this page with sketches of small sailing vessels. For more on the coastal subjects in this volume, see the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Sail Boats 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-sail-boats-r1181425, accessed 17 July 2024.