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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > Scotland 1801-10 > Dunbar Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner View across an Estuary Scattered with Rocks 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View across an Estuary Scattered with Rocks’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto:
View across an Estuary Scattered with Rocks 1801
D02688
Turner Bequest LIV 54
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘54’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘LIV 54’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this is a continuation of the subject on folio 53 verso opposite (D02687).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘View across an Estuary Scattered with Rocks 1801 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-view-across-an-estuary-scattered-with-rocks-r1178874, accessed 19 April 2024.