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 Sail Boats c.1830-41

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Terrain and Sail Boats’ c.1830-41
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Coastal Terrain and Sail Boats c.1830–41
D34850
Turner Bequest CCCXLIV 362
Pencil on white laid paper, 172 x 80 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘M[...] | m[...] | J. M[...]y’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘362’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCXLIV 362’ 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.
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John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Terrain and Sail Boats 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-sail-boats-r1182858, accessed 26 April 2024.