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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Classical Harbour, with Sunrise or Sunset 1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Verso:
A Classical Harbour, with Sunrise or Sunset 1805
D05536
Turner Bequest XC 31a
Pen and ink on off-white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 150 x 258 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Compare similar seaport compositions on folios 19 verso and 30 verso of the sketchbook (D05517, D05534).

David Blayney Brown
August 2007

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘A Classical Harbour, with Sunrise or Sunset 1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2007, 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-a-classical-harbour-with-sunrise-or-sunset-r1129849, accessed 28 March 2024.