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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Bay or Harbour c.1810-16

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Bay or Harbour’ c.1810-16
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Recto:
A Bay or Harbour circa 1810–16
D10239
Turner Bequest CXXXVII 23
Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 228 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in red ink ‘23’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXVII 23’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A slight sketch; the location is unidentified.
Technical notes:
There are traces of blue watercolour along the edge of the leaf, top right.

Matthew Imms
May 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Bay or Harbour c.1810–16 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-a-bay-or-harbour-r1131281, accessed 25 April 2024.