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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Steamboat c.1830

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Steamboat’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Steamboat c.1830
D24625
Turner Bequest CCLIX 60
Watercolour on blue paper, 141 x 189 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘60’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXIV – 60’ bottom right
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram centre
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a large number of sketches on loose sheets of paper depicting coastal terrain and seagoing vessels in various combinations. For the grouping and dating of these works to the middle and later periods of Turner’s career, see the section introduction.
Technical Notes:
A margin of darker blue paper around the edge of the sheet indicates prolonged exposure to light.
Verso:
Pencil notes reading ‘54 – 68’ and ‘CCLIX – [...]0’.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Steamboat c.1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-steamboat-r1182738, accessed 21 November 2024.