Graphite on paper
Marine Dabblers Sketchbook
Marine Dabblers Sketchbook
Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45
Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Marine Dabblers Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Figures on a Seashore Sun over Sea Perhaps at Margate
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
artist’s notes
coast
figure
group
groups
inscriptions
people
sea
seascapes and coasts
sunset
symbols and personifications
times of the day
<p>This sketchbook stands out among the hundreds in the Tate Turner Bequest for the variety of coloured paper it contains. Mauve, pink, pale blue and green sheets are interleaved between white pages. It was manufactured for the fashionable pastime of scrapbooking – the word ‘Album’ is stamped on the front cover. Turner was no doubt drawn to its different coloured sheets. Here, his nude study in pink contrasts sharply against the green paper.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2023</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Figures on a Seashore; Studies of the Sun over the Sea, Perhaps at Margate
support: 89 × 113 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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<p>This sketchbook stands out among the hundreds in the Tate Turner Bequest for the variety of coloured paper it contains. Mauve, pink, pale blue and green sheets are interleaved between white pages. It was manufactured for the fashionable pastime of scrapbooking – the word ‘Album’ is stamped on the front cover. Turner was no doubt drawn to its different coloured sheets. Here, his nude study in pink contrasts sharply against the green paper.</p>
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adults artist’s notes coast figure group groups inscriptions people sea seascapes and coasts sunset symbols and personifications times of the day
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