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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin A Fort on a Cliff by the Sea c.1794-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin, ‘A Fort on a Cliff by the Sea’ c.1794-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Folio 28 Recto:
A Fort on a Cliff by the Sea c.1794–8
D36441
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 28
Pencil and grey and grey-blue wash on white wove paper, 190 x 244 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 363 x 495 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘28’ on mount, top right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIII – 28’ on mount, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Verso:
Blank (laid down).

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Fort on a Cliff by the Sea c.1794–8 by Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin’, catalogue entry, April 2012, 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-thomas-girtin-a-fort-on-a-cliff-by-the-sea-r1140613, accessed 26 December 2024.