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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Richmond Hill; Hastings to Margate ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Ramsgate Harbour c.1816-19

Image 1 of 2
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ramsgate Harbour’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Recto:
Ramsgate Harbour circa 1816–19
D10460
Turner Bequest CXL 27
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘27’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXL 27’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Ramsgate in this sketchbook see note to folio 22 verso (D10451). While most of its views of the harbour are taken from a boat off the entrance, this one is from the north-east wall, looking across to the lighthouse.

David Blayney Brown
May 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Ramsgate Harbour c.1816–19 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-ramsgate-harbour-r1131448, accessed 21 September 2024.