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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Buildings in ?Coastal Terrain c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buildings in ?Coastal Terrain’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Buildings in ?Coastal Terrain c.1830
D25111
Turner Bequest CCLXII 11
Chalk and pencil on blue paper, 191 x 279 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘CCLXII.22 [sic]’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram and ‘CCLXII – 11’ top right, inverted
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.
The verso is Tate D40187
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John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Buildings in ?Coastal Terrain 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-buildings-in-coastal-terrain-r1182778, accessed 16 April 2024.