Watercolour on paper
Margate Beach Scenes
Margate Beach Scenes
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
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>
A Figure and Dog on Shore Perhaps with Margate in Distance
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
coast
sea
seascapes and coasts
<p>Turner’s late watercolour studies of the sea rarely include figures. These four works include the briefest indication of people walking or paddling on the shore. But the reduction of the figures to abstract marks seems to emphasise, rather than dispel, the bleak and lonely nature of these scenes.</p><p><em>Gallery label, July 2008</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
18 February 2002 – 26 May 2002
2002-05-26
18 February 2002 – 26 May 2002
2002-05-26
2002-02-18
Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, USA)
http://www.artbma.org
4 October 2002 – 12 January 2003
2003-01-12
2002-10-04
Fundación Juan March (Madrid, Spain)
http://www.march.es
14 February 2003 – 30 April 2003
2003-04-30
2003-02-14
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian (Lisbon, Portugal)
http://www.museu.gulbenkian.pt/
2002-02-18
Turner - Baltimore
Tate partnerships & programmes
18 February 2002 – 26 October 2002
2002-10-26
18 February 2002 – 26 May 2002
2002-05-26
2002-02-18
Baltimore Museum of Art (Baltimore, USA)
http://www.artbma.org
4 September 2002 – 19 January 2003
2003-01-19
2002-09-04
Fundación Juan March (Madrid, Spain)
http://www.march.es
20 February 2003 – 18 May 2003
2003-05-18
2003-02-20
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, Portugal)
2002-02-18
Turner and the Sea
Tate partnerships & programmes
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
23 March 2005 – 16 October 2005
2005-10-16
2005-03-23
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2005-03-23
Turner and the Sea
Collection based display
24 May 2014 – 21 September 2014
2014-09-21
24 May 2014 – 21 September 2014
2014-09-21
2014-05-24
Turner Contemporary (Margate, UK)
2014-05-24
Spencer Finch
Loan-out
A Figure and Dog on the Shore, Perhaps with Margate in the Distance
support: 191 × 290 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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<span class="text7">Turner’s late <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a> studies of the </span><span class="text14">sea rarely include figures. These four works</span><span class="text7"> include the briefest indication of people walking or      paddling on the shore. But the reduction of the figures to <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/a/abstract-art" title="Glossary definition for 'Abstract art'"><span>abstract</span></a> marks      seems to emphasise, rather than dispel, </span><span class="text15">the      bleak and lonely nature of these scenes. </span>
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coast sea seascapes and coasts
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