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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Whitehaven Harbour 1809

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Whitehaven Harbour’ 1809
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
Whitehaven Harbour 1809
D07869
Turner Bequest CXIII 10
Pencil on white wove paper, 83 x 114 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXIII 10’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, the subject is continued on folio 9 verso of the sketchbook (D07868), for which see comment. Above the main drawing is a separate outline of the Scottish coastline and mountains, as seen across the Solway Firth to the north.
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David Blayney Brown
July 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Whitehaven Harbour 1809 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2009, 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-whitehaven-harbour-r1135824, accessed 24 April 2024.