Joseph Mallord William TurnerStudy of a Rock, Probably in St Bride's Bay 1795

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Artist
Title
Study of a Rock, Probably in St Bride's Bay
From Smaller South Wales Sketchbook
Turner Bequest XXV
Date 1795
Dimensionssupport: 205 x 130 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D00479
Turner Bequest XXV 18
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Recto:
Study of a Rock, Probably in St Bride’s Bay 1795
D00479
Turner Bequest XXV 18
Pencil on white wove paper, 205 x 130 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘18’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XXV 18’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject was drawn with the page turned vertically. Turner made drawings of several rocks on this and the following four pages, folios 19 recto–22 recto (D00480–D00483); the inscription on folio 20 recto (D00481) may identify the location of all of them.
Compare the studies of sea and rocks on the south west Welsh coast in the South Wales sketchbook (Tate D00583, D00585–D00587, D00595; Turner Bequest XXVI 30, 32, 33, 34, 41), and the watercolour that he took out of that book and mounted as a finished work (Tate D00582; Turner Bequest XXVI 29).
Verso:
Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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