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 Coastal Settlement; ?Margate c.1830-41

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Settlement; ?Margate’ c.1830-41
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Coastal Settlement; ?Margate c.1830–41
D34949
Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 449
Pencil on white card, 62 x 91 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘C[...] B[...]k’ centre
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLIV 449’ bottom right
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram centre
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. For the grouping and dating of these works to the middle and later periods of Turner’s career, see the section introduction.
Verso:
See Tate D34950 (Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 449v).

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Settlement; ?Margate c.1830–41 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-coastal-settlement-margate-r1182861, accessed 25 April 2024.