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 and Sailboat c.1843-5

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Beach and Sailboat’ c.1843-5
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Beach and Sailboat c.1843–5
D36311
Turner Bequest CCCLXV 21
Watercolour on white wove paper, 282 x 444 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in faded red ink ‘21’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCCLXV – 21’ 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:
Speckled with watercolour across sheet. Pencil note reading ‘CCCLXV21’. Stamped in black ink with the Turner Bequest monogram and ‘CCCLXV – 21’.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Beach and Sailboat c.1843–5 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-and-sailboat-r1182953, accessed 21 November 2024.