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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > ?South of France and Italy c.1820-41 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Coastal Terrain and Buildings, ?South of France or Italy c.1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Terrain and Buildings, ?South of France or Italy’ c.1828
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Coastal Terrain and Buildings, ?South of France or Italy c.1828
D29022
Turner Bequest CCXCII 71
Gouache, pencil and watercolour on blue paper, 139 x 190 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXCII 71’ bottom right
Blind stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left
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 hill towns, wooded scenery and rocky coastal terrain, here identified with Turner’s various tours of South of France and Italy. For the grouping and dating of these works, see the section introduction.
Verso:
Note in pencil ‘116 a’ centre. Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram and ‘CCXCII – 71’.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Terrain and Buildings, ?South of France or Italy c.1828 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-buildings-south-of-france-or-italy-r1183138, accessed 22 November 2024.