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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40 > The Fire at Sea Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Coastal Terrain with Shipping c.1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Terrain with Shipping’ c.1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Recto:
Coastal Terrain with Shipping c.1834
D27829
Turner Bequest CCLXXXII 35
Chalk on brownish grey wove paper, 139 x 228 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘35’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLXXXII 35’ top left, inverted
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, the maritime view in chalks on the right hand side of this page is a continuation of folio 34 verso opposite (D27828; Turner Bequest CCLXXXII 34a).
Technical notes:
The black smudges at the centre of the page are counterproofs of the chalk marks on folio 34 verso opposite (D27828; Turner Bequest CCLXXXII 34a).

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Terrain with Shipping c.1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 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-coastal-terrain-with-shipping-r1181690, accessed 19 April 2024.