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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Scotland 1834 > Edinburgh Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Kent Coast, from the Sea 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Kent Coast, from the Sea’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 62 Recto:
Kent Coast, from the Sea 1834
D26215
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 62
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ?‘Kingsgate’ top right
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘62’ top right running vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVIII – 62’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Based on a reading of Turner’s inscription at the top of this page as referring to Kingsgate (as on folio 2 verso; D26098), these three sketches may depict the coast of Kent around the Isle of Thanet. Sketches elsewhere in the book depict Margate (folio 2 verso), Broadstairs and Ramsgate (folio 31 verso; D26155), along with views much further up the east coast, suggesting that the artist returned from his Scottish trip by sea from Edinburgh, and also used the book during a trip from London to Kent. The sequence continues on the reverse of this page (folio 62 verso; D26216) with sketches of the coast and of shipping.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Kent Coast, from the Sea 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 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-kent-coast-from-the-sea-r1136143, accessed 20 September 2024.