Joseph Mallord William TurnerA Coach and Figures in a Street 1802

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Artist
Title
A Coach and Figures in a Street
From Small Calais Pier Sketchbook
Turner Bequest LXXI
Date 1802
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 112 x 187 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D04201
Turner Bequest LXXI 9
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
A Coach and Figures in a Street 1802
D04201
Turner Bequest LXXI 9
Pencil on wove paper prepared with a grey wash, 112 x 187 mm
Stamped in black ‘LXXI 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Numbered by Finberg as folio 9 in this book, this has since been rebound as folio 11. Most probably made at Calais but conceivably on the way to Paris, the sketch may show the coach used by Turner.
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
April 2003

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