J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Classical Harbour, with Figures 1805

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Classical Harbour, with Figures’ 1805
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Verso:
A Classical Harbour, with Figures 1805
D05540
Turner Bequest XC 33a
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For the various versions in this sketchbook of an ancient seaport with figures embarking or landing, see note to folio 1 (D05491). This composition is similar to one facing it on folio 34 (D05541) which has an inscription probably alluding to Chryses.

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Classical Harbour, with Figures 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2007, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-classical-harbour-with-figures-r1129853, accessed 26 April 2024.