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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Second Italian Tour 1828-9 > Rome, Turin and Milan Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner River. Pla... [Turner] 1828-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘River. Pla... [Turner]’ 1828-9
Folio 3 Verso:
View of Boats and Distant Buildings 1829
D21669
Turner Bequest CCXXXV 3a
Pencil on cream wove paper, 90 x 144 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘pla[...]’ towards centre right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner executed this extremely rough sketch of moored boats along a river or lake, with buildings indicated in the distance. The artist’s precise geographical location remains unclear, although he was presumably near the River Ticino or River Po, travelling westwards from Milan to Turin. The inscription ‘pla[...]’ is partly illegible. This view likely relates to similar studies of moored boats on folios 1 verso, 2 recto, and the recto of the present leaf (D21665–D21666, D21668).

Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘View of Boats and Distant Buildings 1829’, catalogue entry, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/view-of-boats-and-distant-buildings-r1210310, accessed 15 April 2025.