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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Coastal Terrain and Figure c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Terrain and Figure’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Coastal Terrain and Figure c.1830
D24908
Turner Bequest CCLX 72
Ink on blue paper, 140 x 189 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘72’
Stamped in black ‘CCLIX – 72’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a large number of sketches on loose sheets of paper depicting coastal terrain and seagoing vessels in various combinations. For the grouping and dating of these works to the middle and later periods of Turner’s career, see the section introduction.
Technical notes:
The ink is faded across the sheet. The right-hand edge of the sheet is stained light brown.
Verso:
Pencil note ‘D24908’. Vestiges of white wove paper around the edges, presumably from an earlier mount.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Terrain and Figure c.1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-coastal-terrain-and-figure-r1182744, accessed 19 April 2024.