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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Coast, from the Sea 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coast, from the Sea’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 71 Verso:
Coast, from the Sea 1834
D26230
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 71a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These two sketches of the coast from the sea belong to a series of coastal sketches across folios 70 verso–77 verso (D26228–D26242) that were made on Turner’s return journey from Edinburgh to London by sea. On the reverse of this page are sketches of Flamborough Head in Yorkshire from the north (folio 71; D26229), and it is possible that the lower sketch on this page is a view of the headland from the south. The sketch at the top of the page of a boat sailing past a cliff is very similar to the sketch at the top of folio 70 verso (D26228).
There is a brown stain at the top right of the page.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Coast, from the Sea 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 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-coast-from-the-sea-r1136158, accessed 02 August 2025.