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 Figures in Coastal Terrain c.1820-30

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Figures in Coastal Terrain’ c.1820-30
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Figures in Coastal Terrain c.1820–30
D25355
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 233
Gouache and watercolour on paper, 194 x 281 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘233’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIII – 155’ bottom right
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram centre
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:
Pencil note reading ‘CCLXIII | 233’.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Figures in Coastal Terrain c.1820–30 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-figures-in-coastal-terrain-r1182799, accessed 04 November 2025.