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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Beach c.1835-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Beach c.1835–40
D36078
Turner Bequest CCCLXIV 232
Watercolour on white wove paper, 254 x 394 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘232’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXIV – 232’ 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.
Technical Notes:
The sheet was not available for inspection at the time of cataloguing.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Beach c.1835–40 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-beach-r1182916, accessed 26 April 2024.