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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketch of Rocks on the Sea Coast, Probably at St Bride's Bay 1795

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketch of Rocks on the Sea Coast, Probably at St Bride's Bay’ 1795
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
Sketch of Rocks on the Sea Coast, Probably at St Bride’s Bay 1795
D00483
Turner Bequest XXV 22
Pencil on white wove paper, 130 x 205 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘22’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XXV 22’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
See the entry for folio 18 recto (D00479), and folio 20 recto (D00481).
Technical notes:
There is a smear of blue colour (apparently applied with a pen) at the top right.
Verso:
Blank

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Sketch of Rocks on the Sea Coast, Probably at St Bride’s Bay 1795 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-sketch-of-rocks-on-the-sea-coast-probably-at-st-brides-bay-r1140802, accessed 25 April 2024.