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

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Artist William Turner of Oxford (British, 1789–1862)British, 1789–1862

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

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Department

Prints and Drawings

Special Collections

The Stuart Collection

Object Type

DRAWINGS, PASTELS & WATERCOLORS

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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