Gouache and watercolour on paper
Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45
Coastal Scenes and Shipping c.1820-45
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>
Beach
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
cloud
landscape
sea
seascapes and coasts
sky
storm
weather
<p>Turner’s watercolours often convey the impression of a fleeting moment. By concentrating on the view of the horizon he is able to focus on the transitory apprearance of either the ocean, or the sky, or sometimes both.</p><p>Many of the late informal studies of the sea were painted at Margate, where Turner often stayed from the late 1820s. The rooms of his landlady, Mrs Booth, overlooked the harbour and the coast. According to John Ruskin, Turner maintained that the loveliest skies in Europe were to be found around Margate.</p><p><em>Gallery label, April 2005</em></p>
paper unique gouache watercolour
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/
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2005-03-23
Turner and the Sea
Collection based display
18 August 2009 – 19 July 2010
2010-07-19
18 August 2009 – 19 July 2010
2010-07-19
2009-08-18
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2009-08-18
Watercolours
Collection based display
26 September 2022 – 15 September 2023
2023-09-15
26 September 2022 – 15 September 2023
2023-09-15
2022-09-26
Tate Liverpool (Liverpool, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/
2022-09-26
JMW Turner and Lamin Fofana: Dark Waters
Collection based display
Beach
support: 222 × 296 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="text1">Many of the late informal studies of the sea were      painted at Margate, where Turner often stayed from the late 1820s. The      rooms of his landlady, Mrs Booth, overlooked the harbour and the coast.      According to John Ruskin, Turner maintained that the loveliest skies in      Europe were to be found around Margate. </span>
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