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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Fishermen around a Small Boat c.1826-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Fishermen around a Small Boat’ c.1826-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
?Fishermen around a Small Boat c.1826–40
D24632
Turner Bequest CCLIX 67
Gouache and watercolour on blue wove paper, 142 x 190 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram below right of centre
Stamped in black ‘CCLIX 67’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight study may show fishermen on a beach, gathered around a small boat. For other examples, see the Introduction.
As discussed there, this is one of the subjects of figures by the sea which Ian Warrell tentatively suggested as linked to Brighton around 1827, while noting that they could equally well show scenes in England or France on other occasions.1
1
See Warrell 1989, pp.120, 123 note 114.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed by John Ruskin in pencil ‘34 | O’ top left, upside down; inscribed in pencil ‘54–68’ bottom right, upside down; inscribed in pencil ‘CCLIX 67’ towards bottom right; inscribed in pencil ‘D24632’ bottom centre. There is a border of white paper or tape, indicating that the sheet was formerly mounted.

Matthew Imms
December 2015

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Fishermen around a Small Boat c.1826–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-fishermen-around-a-small-boat-r1182574, accessed 21 November 2024.