Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin

Dover: A Two-Master in the Harbour, with the Castle Beyond

1795–6

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Artists: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Part of: Collaborations with Thomas Girtin for Dr Monro, and Other Copies
Medium: Graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 344 × 425 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D36617
Turner Bequest CCCLXXVIII 2

Catalogue entry

Provenance:
Probably commissioned by Dr Thomas Monro
Monro’s posthumous sale, Christie’s, London, 26 June 1833 (probably in 118, as one of nine ‘Views at Dover, &c., blue and grey’ by Turner)
Bought by ‘Churchill’, probably on behalf of Turner

The pencil work is by Girtin. The handling of the washes is more perfunctory than usual here. For the group of Dover drawings to which this belongs (Tate D36616–D36624; Turner Bequest CCCLXXVIII 1–9), see under D36616.

Verso:

Blank; inscribed in a later hand in pencil ‘No 12’; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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