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 Coastal Terrain and Buildings c.1830-41

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Terrain and Buildings’ c.1830-41
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Coastal Terrain and Buildings c.1830–41
D34498
Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 136
Pencil on white wove paper, 138 x 144 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘136’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLIV 136’ bottom right
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram centre
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 note:
Horizontal fold along the centre of the sheet.
Verso:
See Tate D34499 (Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 136v).

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Terrain and Buildings c.1830–41 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-buildings-r1182838, accessed 24 April 2024.