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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Buildings; Sketches of Boats 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buildings; Sketches of Boats’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Recto:
Buildings; Sketches of Boats 1835
D30641
Turner Bequest CCCIV 6
Pencil on cream laid paper, 118 x 190 mm
Watermark ‘[jan honig & z]onen’
Stamped in black ‘CCCIV–6’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These sketches of boats were probably taken as Turner travelled across parts of Germany and the Netherlands via the rivers Rhine and Waal. With the book turned in accordance with the foliation the artist has also recorded some buildings.

Alice Rylance-Watson
November 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Buildings; Sketches of Boats 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-buildings-sketches-of-boats-r1187022, accessed 24 November 2024.