Joseph Mallord William Turner

Coastal Terrain ?near Margate, Kent

c.1834

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
The Fire at Sea Sketchbook
Medium
Chalk on paper
Dimensions
Support: 139 × 228 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D27824
Turner Bequest CCLXXXII 32 a

Catalogue entry

Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, this chalk study of coastal terrain is one of several in this volume. The red lines on the beach continue over onto folio 33 recto opposite (D27825; Turner Bequest CCLXXXII 33). For more information, see the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
March 2015

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