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 ?Pevensey Bay c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Pevensey Bay’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Recto:
?Pevensey Bay circa 1806–10
D05647
Turner Bequest XCI 30
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 128 x 201 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘30’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCI 30’ 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
The title is abbreviated from Finberg’s, although the exact location has not been identified. See also folio 29 of the sketchbook (D05646).
There are stains of ink or grey wash along the lower and left portions of the leaf
Verso:
Blank

David Blayney Brown
March 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘?Pevensey Bay 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-pevensey-bay-r1130957, accessed 19 September 2024.