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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Margate, Kent c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Margate, Kent’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Verso:
Margate, Kent c.1832
D27298
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX 11a
Pencil on white wove paper, 206 x 86 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliate, this study depicts the seaside town of Margate. For more information on the Kentish views in this volume, see the sketchbook introduction

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Margate, 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-margate-kent-r1181434, accessed 17 July 2024.