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

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Terrain and Shipping’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Coastal Terrain and Shipping c.1830
D25414
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 291
Watercolour on white wove paper, 156 x 245 mm
Partial watermark ‘C Ansell 1828’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘291’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIII – 291’ 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. This sheet was cut from a much larger sheet, some of the other sections of which Turner specialist Eric Shanes has located in the Turner Bequest.1 These are: Tate D25415, D25426, D25449 (Turner Bequest CCLXIII 292, 303, 326).
1
Eric Shanes, Turner’s Watercolour Explorations 1810–1842, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1997, p.101.
Verso:
The verso of the sheet is attached to the mount.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Terrain and Shipping c.1830 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-r1182811, accessed 09 May 2024.