Joseph Mallord William Turner

Margate Harbour from the Sea

1796–7

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Wilson Sketchbook
Medium: Gouache, graphite and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 113 x 93 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D01200
Turner Bequest XXXVII 83

Catalogue entry

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the composition continues across folio 40 verso opposite (D01199; Turner Bequest XXXVII 82), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
September 2012

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