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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Shore with Figures, with Shipping at Sea Beyond c.1799-1805

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Recto:
A Shore with Figures, with Shipping at Sea Beyond c.1799–1805
D04989
Turner Bequest LXXXI 87
Black and white chalks on blue laid paper, 436 x 271 mm
Watermarks ‘1794’ and Strasburg lily
Stamped in black ‘LXXXI–87’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 44 verso opposite (D04988; Turner Bequest LXXXI 86), under which the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
There is some offsetting from folio 44 verso opposite (D04988; Turner Bequest LXXXI 86).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Shore with Figures, with Shipping at Sea Beyond c.1799–1805 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-shore-with-figures-with-shipping-at-sea-beyond-r1178193, accessed 29 March 2024.