'A Beach with Breakers and Many Figures, with an Overturned Boat in the Surf and Shipping Beyond', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Beach with Breakers and Many Figures, with an Overturned Boat in the Surf and Shipping Beyond

From On a Lee Shore (1) Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LXVII

Date c.1800-2

MediumInk and graphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 117 x 182 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D03981

Turner Bequest LXVII 6 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the On a Lee Shore (1) Sketchbook

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

On a Lee Shore (1) Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest