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 with a Tower on a Cliff c.1830-41

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Terrain with a Tower on a Cliff’ c.1830-41
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Coastal Terrain with a Tower on a Cliff c.1830–41
D34325
Turner Bequest CCCXLIII 25v
Pencil on blue paper, 94 x 142 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?S... K...]’ bottom centre
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.
The recto is Tate D34324 (Turner Bequest CCCXLIII 25).

Matthew Imms
July 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Coastal Terrain with a Tower on a Cliff c.1830–41 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2016, 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-with-a-tower-on-a-cliff-r1182834, accessed 09 May 2024.