'Boats and Houses on the Sea-Front', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Boats and Houses on the Sea-Front

From Brighton, Newhaven and Cowdray Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCXLVI

Date c.1828

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 113 x 190 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D22921

Turner Bequest CCXLVI 13

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Turner's sketchbooks

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townscapes, man-made features (18,966)

seafront (327)

nature (37,449)

seascapes and coasts (6,839)

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people (21,186)

adults (19,627)

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society (14,246)

transport: water (7,828)

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1820s

Brighton, Newhaven and Cowdray Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest