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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Scenes on the Sands at Yarmouth c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Scenes on the Sands at Yarmouth’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Scenes on the Sands at Yarmouth c.1824
D18209
Turner Bequest CCIX 27a
Pencil on white wove paper, 115 x 118 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These sketches show Yarmouth Sands on the Norfolk coast. Vessels navigate the waters near the harbour in the distance whilst fishermen attend to their moored boats and prepare the catch in the foreground. The old pier can be seen in the distance in the central sketch. Similar drawings are found on Tate D18207, D18210–D18211; Turner Bequest CCIX 26a, 28–28a. Turner’s sketches are associated with designs for both the England and Wales (Tate impression T04547) and East Coast engraving schemes, though the latter design, housed at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, was unpublished.1

Alice Rylance-Watson
January 2015

1
Wilton 1979, p.394 no.810 and 405 no.904.

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Scenes on the Sands at Yarmouth c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-scenes-on-the-sands-at-yarmouth-r1181091, accessed 23 September 2024.