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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Harbour c.1830

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Harbour’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
?Harbour c.1830
D25209
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 87
Watercolour on paper, 309 x 485 mm
Watermark ‘CAnsell | 1828’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘87’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIII – 87’ bottom right
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram
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.
Verso:
Pencil notes reading ‘AB 150 P | O’, ‘CCLXIII . 87’. Stamped in black with the Turner Bequest monogram and ‘CCLXIII – 87’.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘?Harbour 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-harbour-r1182788, accessed 19 April 2024.