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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Beach c.1830-45

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Beach c.1830–45
D36105
Turner Bequest CCCLXIV 259
Gouache and watercolour on brown paper, 226 x 300 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘259’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXIV – 259’ 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:
See Tate D36106 (Turner Bequest CCCLXIV 259v).

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Beach c.1830–45 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-r1182918, accessed 18 April 2024.