1909
A.J. Finberg, A Complete Inventory of the Drawings of the Turner Bequest, London 1909, vol.II, p.632, CCIX 28, as ‘Scenes on the sands’.
1975
Gerald Wilkinson, Turner’s Colour Sketches 1820–34, London 1975, p.29, reproduced p.28.
1979
Andrew Wilton, J.M.W. Turner: His Life and Work, Fribourg 1979, p.394 under no.810.
1983
John Gage, Jerrold Ziff, Nicholas Alfrey and others, J.M.W. Turner, à l’occasion du cinquantième anniversaire du British Council, exhibition catalogue, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris 1983, p.117 under no.336.
1990
Frank Milner, J.M.W. Turner: Paintings in Merseyside Collections: Walker Art Gallery; Sudley Art Gallery; Williamson Art Gallery; Lady Lever Art Gallery; Liverpool University Art Gallery, Liverpool 1990, p.75 under no.39.