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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailors c.1820-30

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailors’ c.1820-30
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Sailors c.1820–30
D41485
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 250v
Pencil on white wove paper, 261 x177 mm
Partial watermark ‘J Whatman | 1815’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Provisional G[...] | Sailors’ top centre
Inscribed un pecnuk ‘cclx[...]’ bottom left, ascending vertically
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.This sketch was not recorded by A.J. Finberg in his 1909 Inventory of the Turner Bequest.1
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A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909.
Verso:
See Tate D25372 (Turner Bequest CCLXIII 250).

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Sailors c.1820–30 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-sailors-r1182804, accessed 03 December 2024.