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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Margate, Kent c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Margate, Kent’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Recto:
Margate, Kent c.1832
D27325
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX 32
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 206 mm
Watermark ‘1823’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘32’ top right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIX 32’ top right, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner filled this page with views of a harbour, identified by Eric Shanes as Margate.1 For more information on the Kentish scenes in this volume, see the sketchbook introduction.
1
Eric Shanes, Turner’s Picturesque Views in England and Wales 1825–1838, London 1979, p.156 under no.47.
Technical notes:
There is a patch of grey discolouration on the top edge of the page. Small holes have formed in the discoloured patch which have since been repaired.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Margate, Kent 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-margate-kent-r1181461, accessed 19 April 2024.