William Turner of Oxford
Figures on the Beach at Clovelly, North Devon

CultureBritish
Titles
  • Figures on the Beach at Clovelly, North Devon
Date1820s
PlaceClovelly, England
MediumWatercolor over graphite with gouache and scratching on wove paper, mounted on board
DimensionsSheet: 12 15/16 × 21 5/8 in. (32.9 × 54.9 cm)
Credit LineThe Stuart Collection, museum purchase funded by Francita Stuart Koelsch Ulmer in honor of her son Robert Stuart Koelsch
Object number2016.1
Non exposé

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ProvenanceChristie’s London, Old Master & 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolors Day Sale, December 9, 2009, lot 224 (as Figures on a Beach near the Harbour Wall, Clovelly, Devon); private collection, [Andrew Wyld, Londonstock number VH704, as of 2009–2012]; private collection, England, 2012–2014; [Martyn Gregory, London, 2014–2015]; purchased by the MFAH, 2015.
Exhibition Historynot published
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Verso: Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: Clovelly, North Devon. / No. 52 [additional inscription cut off].
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Watermark: none
Catalogue raisonnénot published
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