Joseph Mallord William TurnerBoats and Figures Coming Ashore c.1810-16

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Artist
Title
Boats and Figures Coming Ashore
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
D10234
Turner Bequest CXXXVII 18
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
Boats and Figures Coming Ashore circa 1810–16
D10234
Turner Bequest CXXXVII 18
Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 228 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘19’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXVII 19’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is a larger ship in the distance, left.

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

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