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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Richmond Hill; Hastings to Margate ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Coastal Town c.1816-19

Image 1 of 2
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Coastal Town’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 43 Recto:
A Coastal Town circa 1816–19
D10480
Turner Bequest CXL 37
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with colour notes ‘Gr w’ and ‘w’ below image
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘37’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CLX 37’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This town is not yet identified but might be Folkestone from below the cliffs in view of the subject on the recto (D10479; Turner Bequest CXL 36a).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Coastal Town c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-coastal-town-r1131473, accessed 01 April 2026.