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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketch, ?Berwick 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketch, ?Berwick’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Verso:
Sketch, ?Berwick 1831
D25711
Turner Bequest CCLXV 38a
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ?‘Berwick’ centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch of cliffs and water may be inscribed ‘Berwick’, and therefore be a view of the mouth of the River Tweed. For references to further sketches of Berwick in this sketchbook see folio 13 verso (D25665).

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Sketch, ?Berwick 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-sketch-berwick-r1134075, accessed 23 April 2024.