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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin A Fortification on Rocks by the Sea c.1794-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Thomas Girtin, ‘A Fortification on Rocks by the Sea’ c.1794-8
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Thomas Girtin 1775–1802
Folio 38 Recto:
A Fortification on Rocks by the Sea c.1794–8
D36451
Turner Bequest CCCLXXIII 38
Pencil and grey wash on white wove paper, 199 x 292 mm mounted on white cartridge paper, 363 x 495 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Inscribed in pencil ‘’ on mount, top right
Inscribed in a later hand in pencil ‘“Near Palerma [sic]”’ on mount, bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXXIII – 38’ on mount, bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Verso:
Blank (laid down); inscribed, probably by Thomas Girtin, in pencil ‘near Palermo’.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

How to cite

Andrew Wilton, ‘A Fortification on Rocks 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-fortification-on-rocks-by-the-sea-r1140623, accessed 30 June 2024.