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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > East Sussex c.1806-20 > Sussex Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Rye from the River Rother; Boats on the Quay c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Rye from the River Rother; Boats on the Quay’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Rye from the River Rother; Boats on the Quay circa 1806–10
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Turner Bequest XCII 45
Pencil and white chalk on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 153 x 216 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in black ink ‘45’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘XCII 45’ bottom left, descending vertically
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram lower right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Rye is seen from the east, from the bank of the Rother. The view is hardly changed today.
Finberg recorded that this was one of four leaves from the sketchbook ‘found loose’.
The leaf is stained down the left margin.
Verso:
Blank, inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘150 I’ and by an unknown hand in pencil ‘45’

David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Rye from the River Rother; Boats on the Quay c.1806–10 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2010, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-rye-from-the-river-rother-boats-on-the-quay-r1131039, accessed 22 November 2024.