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 > Roman and French Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boats, with Figures 1828-9

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats, with Figures’ 1828-9
Folio 3 Recto:
Boats, with Figures 1828–9
D21856
Turner Bequest CCXXXVII 3
Pencil on white wove paper, 71 x 88 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘3’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXVII – 3’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page depicts a harbour with a pier jutting out at the centre, a moored boat in the foreground and several figures gathered around. Vertical lines to the right indicate further boats in the distance. The location remains to be identified, but is perhaps Brighton; see the verso (D21857).

Hannah Kaspar
December 2024

How to cite

Hannah Kaspar, ‘Boats, with Figures 1828–9’, catalogue entry, December 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/boats-with-figures-r1210414, accessed 15 April 2025.