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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40 > Gravesend and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Coastal Fort, Kent c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Coastal Fort, Kent’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 recto:
?Coastal Fort, Kent c.1832
D27282
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX 2
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 206 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIX 2’ bottom left, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner worked a view of waterside buildings, perhaps defensive in nature, onto this page. For more information, see the sketchbook introduction.
Technical notes:
A section of the bottom of the page is stained brown where the glue used to fixing the pencil holder to the front cover has seeped into the paper.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘?Coastal Fort, 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-coastal-fort-kent-r1181418, accessed 17 July 2024.