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 Shipping c.1830-41

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Terrain and Shipping’ c.1830-41
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Coastal Terrain and Shipping c.1830–41
D34840
Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 356
Pencil on white wove paper, 187 x 227 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil with ?colour notes across sheet
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘356’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLIV 356’ 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 Notes:
The sheet has been folded across the centre twice. Patches of light brown staining across the sheet. An area of abrasion at the centre of the sheet has obscured a passage of pencil drawing.
The verso is Tate D34841 (Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 356v).

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Terrain and Shipping 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-shipping-r1182856, accessed 26 April 2024.