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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Beach c.1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Beach’ c.1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Beach c.1845
D35855
Turner Bequest CCCLXIV 18
Chalk, pencil and watercolour on paper, 219 x 290 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘18’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXIV – 18’ bottom right
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a large number of sketches on loose sheets of paper depicting coastal terrain and seagoing vessels in various combinations. For the grouping and dating of these works to the middle and later periods of Turner’s career, see the section introduction.
Verso:
Marked with watercolour across sheet. Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram and ‘CCCLXIV – 18’. Pencil note reading ‘D.35855’.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Beach c.1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-beach-r1182865, accessed 20 April 2024.