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Joseph Mallord William Turner
1775-1851
Dartmouth Cove
Watercolor and opaque watercolor, on wove paper.
11 x 15 3/4 inches (281 x 403 mm)
Purchased on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund 1978, in honor of the 75th anniversary of the Morgan Library and the 50th anniversary of the Association of Fellows.
2000.1
Notes: 

This drawing was engraved by W.R. Smith for part I of "Picturesque Views in England and Wales", 1827 (no. 3; Rawlinson, no. 211, fig. 51).

Provenance: 
Charles Heath; Benjamin Godfrey Windus (1790-1867), by June 1833; John Heugh, 1874; Holbrook Gaskell, 1909; Frank Gaskell, 1937; by descent to Ernest Gaskell, 1989; Thomas Agnew and Sons, Ltd., London.
Associated names: 

Heath, Charles, 1785-1848, former owner.
Windus, Benjamin Godfrey, 1790-1867, former owner.
Heugh, John, former owner.
Gaskell, Holbrook, 1813-1909, former owner.
Gaskell, Frank, former owner.
Gaskell, Ernest, former owner.

Bibliography: 

From Leonardo to Pollock: Master drawings from the Morgan Library. New York: Morgan Library, 2006, cat. no.62, p. 132-133.

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School: 
British
Century: 
19th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints