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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Whitstable, Kent c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Whitstable, Kent’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Recto:
?Whitstable, Kent c.1832
D27252
Turner Bequest CCLXXVIII 14
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Watermark ‘R BARNARD¦1820’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘?Whitstable’ top left, ‘D[...]y’ centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘14’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXVIII – 14’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The studies of waterside buildings on this page – in this instance possibly depicting Whitstable – are typical of this volume’s contents. See the sketchbook introduction for more information.
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John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘?Whitstable, Kent c.1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-whitstable-kent-r1181385, accessed 17 July 2024.