Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Weymouth
Date:
ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink and scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 3/4 x 8 5/8in. (14.6 x 21.9cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, lower center: "J.M.W. TURNER : WEYMOUTH"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.6297
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
beach | marine art | landscape | mountains | sailboats | cityscapes | fishermen (people) | ships
Associated Places:
Weymouth | Europe | England | United Kingdom | Dorset
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Turner and the Sea (National Maritime Museum, 2013-11-22 - 2014-04-21)

J.M.W. Turner, R.A.: The Great Watercolors (Royal Academy of Arts, 2000-12-02 - 2001-02-18)

Turner 1996 (National Gallery of Australia, 1996-03-17 - 1996-06-10)

Turner 1996 (National Gallery of Victoria, 1996-06-23 - 1996-09-09)

Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)

J. M. W. Turner - The Foundations of Genius (The Taft Museum, 1986-09-18 - 1986-11-02)

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)
Publications:
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, cat. no. 34, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

An exhibition of English drawings and water colors from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, February 18-April 1, 1962, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1962, pp. 29, 43, cat. no. 88, Pl. 88, NC228 U6 (YCBA) Copy 2 is on Mellon Shelf

Louis Hawes, Presences of Nature : British Landscape, 1780-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1982, pp. 72, 131-2, no. II.11, no. 59, ND1354.4 H38 (YCBA)

Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, pp. 18-19, no. 33, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)

Michael Lloyd, Turner, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, 1996, pp.66-67,110,234, no. 44, NJ18 T85 L57 1996 + (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, p. 95, no. 140, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Christine Riding, Turner & the sea, Thames & Hudson, London, 2013, pp. 67, 84. 133, no. 39, NJ18.T85 R52 2013 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Eric Shanes, The life and masterworks of J.M.W. Turner, Parkstone Press, New York, 2008, pp. 112-13, NJ18 T85 S441 2008 + OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Eric Shanes, Turner, the great watercolours , Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2000, pp. 22, 98, cat. no. 25, NJ18 T85 S446 2000 (YCBA)

Ian Warrell, Turner's Wessex : architecture and ambition, Scala, London, 2015, pp. 127, 128, fig. 121, NJ18.T85 W3784 2015 (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p.551, No. 448, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15 - June 20, 1965 , New Haven, 1965, cat. no. 34, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5500