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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45 > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Coastal Settlement c.1830

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Settlement’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Coastal Settlement c.1830
D25110
Turner Bequest CCLXII 10
Chalk and pencil on blue paper, 190 x 284 mm
Inscribed in pencil ‘10’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXII – 10’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a large number of sketches on loose sheets of paper depicting coastal terrain and seagoing vessels in various combinations. For the grouping and dating of these works to the middle and later periods of Turner’s career, see the section introduction.
Verso:
Pencil note ‘D25110’. Vestiges of white wove paper around the edges, presumably from an earlier mount.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Coastal Settlement c.1830 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-coastal-settlement-r1182777, accessed 23 November 2024.