Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, The Channel Sketchbook, ca. 1845
- Title:
- The Channel Sketchbook
- Date:
- ca. 1845
- Medium:
- Graphite on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches (9.5 x 15.9 cm) and Binding: 4in. (10.2cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite upper right: "1"; inscribed in graphite: "Blue | DP | Red S | Red rocks | Sea dark grey grn | Boys playing at leap frog - Girl jumping over sand Humps"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1993.30.118(1)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- channel (water body component) | crescents | marine art | moons | sea | sunset
- Associated Places:
- England | English Channel | Europe | La Manche | United Kingdom
- Access:
- Accessible by request in the Study Room [Request]
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John Baskett, Paul Mellon's legacy, a passion for British art : masterpieces from the Yale Center for British Art , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, p. 286, no. 94, pl. 94, N5220 M552 P38 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:57831
- Export:
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