Joseph Mallord William Turner?Margate c.1805-9

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Artwork details

Artist
Title
?Margate
From River and Margate Sketchbook
Turner Bequest XCIX
Date c.1805-9
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 115 x 190 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D06475
Turner Bequest XCIX 67
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 71 Recto:
?Margate circa 1805–9
D06475
Turner Bequest XCIX 67
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘67’ top right
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 67’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is probably Margate from near the stone pier, with the cliffs at left, but the sketch is very slight.

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

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