Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Figures on Margate Beach
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache and white chalk on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (14 x 19.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1986.29.238
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
marine art | genre subject | sea | beach | sports | cricket | leisure
Associated Places:
England | United Kingdom | Europe | English Channel | Goodwin Sands | Kent
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
JMW TURNER : Turner and Colour (Hôtel de Caumont, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2016-05-03 - 2016-09-18)

JMW TURNER : Turner and Colour (Turner Contemporary, 2016-10-07 - 2017-01-08)

Pleasures and Pastimes (Yale Center for British Art, 1990-02-21 - 1990-04-29)
Publications:
Turner et la couleur, Editions Hazan, Paris, 2016, p. 158, no. 123, NJ18 .T85 A12 2016 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Ian Warrell, Turner, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2025, pp. 97, 100-101, pl. 59, NJ18 .T85 W37 2025 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1881