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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > East Anglia, Sussex and Yorkshire 1824 > Brighton and Arundel Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of Portsmouth Harbour c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of Portsmouth Harbour’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Views of Portsmouth Harbour c.1824
D18311
Turner Bequest CCX 1
Pencil on white wove paper, 75 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[...]’, ‘[...]’ top left, ‘[...]’ top left towards centre
Inscribed in pencil ‘35’ bottom left (inverted)
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘1’ top right and ‘251’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCX 1’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These cursory sketches most likely depict Portsmouth Harbour and its network of fortifications. A ship can be seen navigating the waters in the foreground, perhaps between Portsea Island and Gosport. Portsmouth is shown on Tate D41237, D18312; Turner Bequest CCX 1a, and elsewhere on Tate D17918, D17922, D17932–D17935, D17944, D17946, D20768; Turner Bequest CCVI 3a, 52, 10a–12, 16a, 17a, CCXXVII 23. See also the designs for the Southern Coast series and the Ports of England series (Tate D18152, Tate impressions T04833 and T04419).

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Views of Portsmouth Harbour c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-views-of-portsmouth-harbour-r1181196, accessed 24 April 2024.