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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner View on the Coast 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View on the Coast’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 5 Recto:
View on the Coast 1831
D25651
Turner Bequest CCLXV 5
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘5’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 5’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Apart from the building at the right of the page, this sketch is rather obscure; in fact it may be several drawings overlaid. The shape is reminiscent of a pier or harbour wall suggesting that this may be a sketch on the coast, perhaps at Berwick-upon-Tweed which is well covered in this sketchbook (see folio 13 verso; D25665).
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Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘View on the Coast 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2010, 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-view-on-the-coast-r1134014, accessed 27 April 2024.