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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Lighthouse and Coastal Terrain c.1830

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lighthouse and Coastal Terrain’ c.1830
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Lighthouse and Coastal Terrain c.1830
D25112
Turner Bequest CCLXII 12
Chalk and pencil on paper, 193 x 280 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘12’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXII – 12’ 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.
Technical Notes:
Light brown staining in bottom right-hand corner of sheet.
Verso:
Pencil note ‘D25112’. Stamped in black with Turner Bequest monogram and ‘CCLXII – 12’. Vestiges of white wove paper around the edges, presumably from an earlier mount.

John Chu
June 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Lighthouse and Coastal Terrain 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, December 2023, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-lighthouse-and-coastal-terrain-r1205928, accessed 21 November 2024.