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

With the page turned vertically, there are three or four rapid, rough studies apparently showing shipping and waves off a coastline, where the buildings may include a lighthouse. Turner’s inscription at the top is illegible, and there appear to be one or two other brief annotations. The viewpoint is perhaps a boat in the Channel. See the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many slight coastal views scattered through it, and compare folio 34 recto opposite (D35547).

Technical notes:

There is some brown staining at the gutter, possibly indicating water damage in the 1928 Tate flood.