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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Louis-Philippe at Portsmouth 1844 > Louis-Philippe at Portsmouth sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Waterfront at Portsmouth, with Boats 1844

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Waterfront at Portsmouth, with Boats’ 1844
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
The Waterfront at Portsmouth, with Boats 1844
D35698
Turner Bequest CCCLXII 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 74 x 116 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXII – 8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like the other rapid sketches in this book, this relates to the arrival of Louis-Philippe, King of the French, at Portsmouth Harbour on 8 October 1844, as discussed in the Introductions to the sketchbook and the overall section. The slightly rendered waterfront buildings here are difficult to identify specifically. At the outer edge is a slight study made with the page turned vertically, apparently showing another aspect of the scene.
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Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Waterfront at Portsmouth, with Boats 1844 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-waterfront-at-portsmouth-with-boats-r1185646, accessed 22 November 2024.