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 Winchelsea Beach c.1806-10

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Winchelsea Beach’ c.1806-10
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Verso:
Winchelsea Beach circa 1806–10
D05718
Turner Bequest XCII 1a
Pencil and black and white chalks on cream wove paper, prepared with a buff wash, 216 x 153 mm
Blind-stamped with the Turner Bequest monogram, lower right of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and continued on folio 2 (D05719). The view is looking west, from the track down to Winchelsea beach. There are splashes of grey wash, unrelated to the drawing.

David Blayney Brown
April 2010

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Winchelsea Beach 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-winchelsea-beach-r1131031, accessed 21 November 2024.