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 Figures c.1830

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Terrain and Figures’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Coastal Terrain and Figures c.1830
D25113
Turner Bequest CCLXII 13
Chalk and pencil on blue paper, 194 x 180 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘13’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXII – 13’ 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.
Technical Notes:
Light brown staining across the sheet. Vestiges of fine white wove paper around the edges.
Verso:
Pencil note reading ‘D25113’. Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram and ‘CCLXII – 13’.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Terrain and Figures 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-figures-r1182780, accessed 24 November 2024.