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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1787-1801 Student and master > History Painting c.1799-1807 > On a Lee Shore (1) Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Beach with Breakers and Many Figures, with an Overturned Boat in the Surf and Shipping Beyond c.1801-2

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Beach with Breakers and Many Figures, with an Overturned Boat in the Surf and Shipping Beyond’ c.1801-2
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 6 Verso:
A Beach with Breakers and Many Figures, with an Overturned Boat in the Surf and Shipping Beyond c.1801–2
D03981
Turner Bequest LXVII 6a
Ink on white wove paper prepared with a grey-blue wash, 118 x 182 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 7 recto opposite (D03982), under which the subject is discussed.

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Beach with Breakers and Many Figures, with an Overturned Boat in the Surf and Shipping Beyond c.1801–2 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-beach-with-breakers-and-many-figures-with-an-overturned-r1178285, accessed 26 April 2024.