'Two Men Repairing Crab Pots on the Shore near a Cottage', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Two Men Repairing Crab Pots on the Shore near a Cottage

From Isle of Wight Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XXIV

Date 1795

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 264 x 204 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D00442

Turner Bequest XXIV 34

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 35 Recto:

Two Men Repairing Crab Pots on the Shore near a Cottage 1795

D00442
Turner Bequest XXIV 34

Pencil on white wove paper, 264 x 204 mm
Stamped in black ‘XXIV 34’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

As with the drawings on folios 31 recto and 36 recto (D00438, D00443; Turner Bequest XXIV 30, 35), this page records the picturesque scenery of the Undercliff and the small communities dotted among the chines of the extreme southerly tip of the Isle of Wight.

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.