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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Thames sketchbooks c.1804-14 > River and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Margate from the Sands c.1805-9

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Margate from the Sands’ c.1805-9
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 60 Recto:
Margate from the Sands circa 1805–9
D06453
Turner Bequest XCIX 56
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 115 x 190 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘56’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘XCIX 56’ bottom left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this is continued from folio 59 verso (D06452
Turner Bequest XCIX 55a).

David Blayney Brown
March 2009

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Margate from the Sands c.1805–9 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2009, 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-margate-from-the-sands-r1130649, accessed 19 April 2024.