'Cliffs', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Cliffs

From Gravesend and Margate Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCLXXIX

Date c.1832

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 206 x 86 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D27319

Turner Bequest CCLXXIX 29

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1830s

Gravesend and Margate Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest