'Mill Bay, Isle of Wight', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Mill Bay, Isle of Wight

From Isle of Wight Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XXIV

Date 1795

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 204 x 264 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00439

Turner Bequest XXIV 31

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 32 Recto:

Mill Bay, Isle of Wight 1795

D00439
Turner Bequest XXIV 31

Pencil on white wove paper, 204 x 264 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Mill Bay’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXIV 31’ bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Mill Bay is now incorporated into the township of Ventnor, between Bonchurch and Orchard Bay (see folio 30 recto; D00437; Turner Bequest XXIV 29).

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Southern England

Isle of Wight

Sketchbooks

1787-1801 Student and master

Sketchbooks from the 1790s

Isle of Wight Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest

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