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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40 > Mouth of the Thames Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Leigh-on-Sea, Essex c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Leigh-on-Sea, Essex’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Verso:
Leigh-on-Sea, Essex c.1832
D27255
Turner Bequest CCLXXVIII 16a
Pencil on white wove paper, 189 x 113 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Leigh’ towards top right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This study of shipping and coastal terrain is typical of the contents of this volume. For more information, see the sketchbook introduction.
Technical notes:
There is a small patch of red ink in the top left hand corner.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Leigh-on-Sea, Essex 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-leigh-on-sea-essex-r1181388, accessed 07 April 2025.