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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Waves Breaking against Rocks, with Gulls Flying Above 1801

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Waves Breaking against Rocks, with Gulls Flying Above’ 1801
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Recto:
Waves Breaking against Rocks, with Gulls Flying Above 1801
D02418
Turner Bequest LII 17
Pencil and gouache on coarse blue laid paper, 143 x 111 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘17’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘LII-17’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is a continuation of the drawing on folio 16 verso opposite (D02417).
Verso:
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Andrew Wilton
May 2013

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘Waves Breaking against Rocks, with Gulls Flying Above 1801 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-waves-breaking-against-rocks-with-gulls-flying-above-r1178754, accessed 14 July 2026.