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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Purfleet, Essex c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Purfleet, Essex’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
Purfleet, Essex c.1832
D27248
Turner Bequest CCLXXVIII 12
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Watermark ‘R BARNARD¦1820’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Purfleet E’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘12’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXVIII – 12’ top left, inverted
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The studies of buildings and waterside terrain on this page – in this instance depicting Purfleet in Essex – are typical of this volume’s contents. See the sketchbook introduction for more information.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Purfleet, Essex c.1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-purfleet-essex-r1181381, accessed 25 April 2024.