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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > East Anglia, Sussex and Yorkshire 1824 > Brighton and Arundel Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Views on Coast ?at or near Portsmouth or Brighton c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views on Coast ?at or near Portsmouth or Brighton’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
Views on Coast ?at or near Portsmouth or Brighton c.1824
D18328
Turner Bequest CCX 11
Pencil on white wove paper, 75 x 118 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘11’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCX 11’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These two swiftly rendered views show coastline, possibly at Portsmouth or Brighton. They are connected to sketches showing coastal and harbour scenes which reminded Turner of Claude Lorrain’s marine landscapes at sunrise (Tate D18327, D18329–D18330; Turner Bequest CCX 10a, 11a–12).

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Views on Coast ?at or near Portsmouth or Brighton c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-views-on-coast-at-or-near-portsmouth-or-brighton-r1181213, accessed 19 May 2024.