Margate, Kent
Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1808
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
900 x 1205 mm
Place of origin
Margate
Order this imageCollection
Petworth House and Park, West Sussex
NT 486636
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, Margate, Kent, by Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851), circa 1808. A seascape, the location of which is disputed (TATE/T03876). In the left foreground are three fishing smacks with nine men in them and on the stern board of the foremost the name 'Hastings'. A rowing boat is at right and in the left centre distance cliffs end abruptly with, in the left distance open sea. In the centre and right is a town, a breakwater and shipping in a harbour. A ruin and a square tower are silhouetted against the sky.
Provenance
Bought by the 3rd Earl of Egremont (1751-1837) perhaps from Turner's (1775-1851) Gallery in 1808. Thence by descent, until the death in 1952 of the 3rd Lord Leconfield, who had given Petworth to the National Trust in 1947, and whose nephew and heir, John Wyndham, 6th Lord Leconfield and 1st Lord Egremont (1920-72) arranged for the acceptance of the major portion of the collections at Petworth in lieu of death duties (the first ever such arrangement) in 1956 by HM Treasury. Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax. Allocated to Tate in 1984 and on long-term loan from Tate to the National Trust at Petworth.
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of tax and allocated to the Tate Gallery 1984. In situ at Petworth House
Marks and inscriptions
J M W Turner RA (signed)
Makers and roles
Joseph Mallord William Turner, RA (London 1775 - Chelsea 1851), artist