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

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Orchard 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

D00437

Turner Bequest XXIV 29

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 30 Recto:

Orchard Bay, Isle of Wight 1795

D00437
Turner Bequest XXIV 29

Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 204 x 264 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Orchards Bay St Lawarnce [sic]’ bottom left
Stamped in black ‘XXIV 29’ bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Orchard Bay is close to Steephill (see folio 31 recto; D00438; Turner Bequest XXIV 30), south-west of Ventnor on the southern coast of the island. Another watercolour view of the bay (untraced),1 derived from an untraced drawing made by Turner on this tour, was engraved by John Landseer for an unpublished work of about 1799. St Lawrence is the dedication of a small church with its own parish to the west of Ventnor.

The drawing was made with the page turned horizontally.

Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.319 no.177.

Technical notes:

There is a tear, approximately 80 mm long, from the outer edge near the lower right corner of the horizontal subject (the upper right corner of the vertical page), and another small tear in the lower left corner of the subject (the lower right corner of the page).

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.