'A Bay or Harbour', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Bay or Harbour

From Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXXXVII

Date c.1810-16

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 181 x 228 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D10239

Turner Bequest CXXXVII 23

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 24 Recto:

A Bay or Harbour circa 1810–16

D10239
Turner Bequest CXXXVII 23

Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 228 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘23’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXVII 23’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

A slight sketch; the location is unidentified.

Technical notes:

There are traces of blue watercolour along the edge of the leaf, top right.

Matthew Imms
May 2011

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1810s

Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest