Joseph Mallord William TurnerA Marl Pit c.1806-10

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Artist
Title
A Marl Pit
From Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook
Turner Bequest XCI
Date c.1806-10
MediumChalk and graphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 128 x 201 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D05619
Turner Bequest XCI 2
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Recto:
A Marl Pit circa 1806–10
D05619
Turner Bequest XCI 2
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Marl or clay pits were plentiful in East Sussex.
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

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