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 Beach c.1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Beach’ c.1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Beach c.1845
D36307
Turner Bequest CCCLXV 17
Watercolour on white wove paper, 290 x 437 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘17’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCCLXV – 17’ bottom right
Blank stamped with Turner Bequest monogram centre
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 reading ‘CCCLXV,17.’. Stamped in black ink with the Turner Bequest monogram and ‘CCCLXV – 17’.
Technical Notes:
Grey marks and spots of blue watercolour.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Beach c.1845 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-beach-r1182949, accessed 23 November 2024.