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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sea and Sky, ?England c.1820-30

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sea and Sky, ?England’ c.1820-30
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Sea and Sky, ?England c.1820–30
D25452
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 329
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper 256 x 249 mm
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a large number of sketches on loose sheets of paper depicting coastal terrain and seagoing vessels in various combinations. Turner specialist Eric Shanes has suggested that this particular sketch may depict the English coast.1 For the grouping and dating of these works to the middle and later periods of Turner’s career, see the section introduction.
1
Eric Shanes, Turner’s Watercolour Explorations 1810–1842, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1997, p.95.
Technical Notes:
Top and bottom right-hand corners of the sheet have been torn out and repaired.
Verso:
Blank

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Sea and Sky, ?England c.1820–30 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sea-and-sky-england-r1182817, accessed 23 April 2024.