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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1834 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Coast, from Sea 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coast, from Sea’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 72 Recto:
Coast, from Sea 1834
D26231
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 72
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘T[...]y [...]d’ bottom
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘72’ bottom left descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 72’ bottom left descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These sketches belong to a series of coastal views across folios 70 verso–77 verso (D26228–D26242) that were made on Turner’s return journey from Edinburgh to London by sea. The three sketches depict a headland from both sides. Considering the sketches of Flamborough Head on folio 71 (D26229), it is possible that this headland is Spurn Head.
There is a small brown stain at the top left corner of the page.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Coast, from Sea 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 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-coast-from-sea-r1136159, accessed 25 April 2024.