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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Herstmonceux and Pevensey Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Marl Pit c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Marl Pit’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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A Marl Pit circa 1806–10
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Turner Bequest XCI 2
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Marl or clay pits were plentiful in East Sussex.
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David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Marl Pit c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, 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-marl-pit-r1130929, accessed 25 April 2024.