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 c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Coastal Terrain’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
?Coastal Terrain c.1830
D25070
Turner Bequest CCLXI 98
Chalk and pencil on blue paper, 141 x 193 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘98’ bottom right, ‘338’ bottom left
Stamped in black ‘CCLXI – 98’ 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.
The verso is Tate D40114.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘?Coastal Terrain 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, December 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-coastal-terrain-r1205926, accessed 22 November 2024.