1909
A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909, vol.I, p.624, CCVI 9a (as ‘Do.’, i.e. ditto; ‘Portsmouth, from the Solent’, as for folio 8 verso, D17928).
1974
Martin Butlin, Andrew Wilton and John Gage, Turner 1775–1851, exhibition catalogue, Royal Academy, London 1974, p.94 under no.243.
1979
Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.387 under no.756.
2000
Eric Shanes, in Shanes, Evelyn Joll, Ian Warrell and others, Turner: The Great Watercolours, exhibition catalogue, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2000, p.159 under no.60.