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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner On the Sands at Brighton c.1824

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘On the Sands at Brighton’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Verso:
On the Sands at Brighton c.1824
D18369
Turner Bequest CCX 35a
Pencil on white wove paper, 75 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Red [?Boats]’ bottom right, ‘3’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner depicts Brighton from a vantage point on the beach, close to the Albion Hotel, the Chain Pier Toll House and waterwheel. The Chain Pier can be seen beyond, in the middle distance. In the foreground Turner records moored ‘Red [?Boats]’ and figures on the sands. For further sketches of Brighton in this book see Tate D18343–D18350, D18353–D18365, D18369–D18371; Turner Bequest CCX 20a–23a, 25a–33a, 35a–36a. See also Tate D22773; Turner Bequest CCXLIV 111 and N01986, N02064, T03886, T04421.

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘On the Sands at Brighton 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-on-the-sands-at-brighton-r1181254, accessed 20 April 2024.