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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1831 > Berwick Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Headland on the Coast 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Headland on the Coast’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 54 Recto:
Headland on the Coast 1831
D25739
Turner Bequest CCLXV 54
Pencil on white wove paper, 59 x 96 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘54’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXV 54’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These two sketches both show a headland with a small tower on the coast. While it is possible that these sketches may have been made at Berwick-upon-Tweed or Liverpool (both depicted elsewhere in this book), there are too many unidentified coastal scenes to make this very certain.

Thomas Ardill
May 2010

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Headland 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-headland-on-the-coast-r1134103, accessed 25 April 2024.