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 Sea and Sky c.1820-30

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sea and Sky’ c.1820-30
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Sea and Sky c.1820–30
D25404
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 281
Watercolour on white wove paper, 171 x 239 mm
Partial watermark ‘J Whatman | Turkey Mill | 1823’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘281’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIII – 281’ bottom right
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram towards 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. Turner specialist Gerald Wilkinson has noted that this sheet was cut from a larger sheet, another section of which formed the support of Tate D25405 (Turner Bequest CCLXIII 281).1
1
Gerald Wilkinson, Turner’s Colour Sketches 1820–34, London 1975, pp.124, 125.
Verso:
Pencil notes reading ‘68a’, ‘cclxiii’, ‘D25404’. Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram and ‘CCLXIII – 281’.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Sea and Sky c.1820–30 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-sea-and-sky-r1182810, accessed 09 May 2024.