Watercolour on paper
Margate Beach Scenes
Margate Beach Scenes
Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45
Margate, London and Surrey c.1829-45
Kent
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Margate Great Beach with Droit House Pier and Lighthouse Jarviss Landing Place and a Smoking Steamer
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
architecture
beach
boat, steam
coast
England
England, South East
England, Southern
figure
Kent
lighthouse
Margate - non-specific
people
pier
places
public and municipal
seascapes and coasts
society
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
<p>This scene of a steam-boat off the coast may show the seaside resort of Margate. The town was accessible by steam-boat, and was favoured by Londoners. Turner often used it as a base from which to explore the Kentish coast.</p><p>Turner retained an affection for Margate throughout his life. As a boy he had stayed in the town with relatives of his mother and in later life he rented rooms there, overlooking the harbour and pier.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
1 July 2002 – 20 March 2005
2005-03-20
1 July 2002 – 20 March 2005
2005-03-20
2002-07-01
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2002-07-01
Turner and the Modern World
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
Margate: The Great Beach with Droit House, the Pier and Lighthouse, Jarvis’s Landing Place, and a Smoking Steamer
support: 242 × 301 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">This scene of a steam-boat off the coast may show the      seaside resort of Margate. The town was accessible by steam-boat, and was      favoured by Londoners. Turner often used it as a base from which to explore      the Kentish coast.  </span>
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<span class="text7">Turner retained an affection for  Margate throughout      his life. As a boy  he had stayed in the town with relatives of his mother      and in later life he rented rooms there, overlooking the harbour and pier. </span>
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adults architecture beach boat, steam coast England England, South East England, Southern figure Kent lighthouse Margate - non-specific people pier places public and municipal seascapes and coasts society townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions
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