Falmouth Harbor

c. 1825

Medium	watercolor and gouache, with scraping, on cream wove paper
Dimensions	Sheet: 6 1/4 × 8 11/16 in. (15.9 × 22.1 cm) Mat: 14 × 18 in. (35.6 × 45.7 cm)
Object Number	2007.8.108
Acquisition	Gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Joseph Mallord William Turner, Falmouth Harbor, c. 1825, watercolor and gouache, with scraping, on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, gift of the Manton Art Foundation in memory of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton, 2007.8.108

Select Bibliography

Shanes, Eric. Turner's Rivers, Harbours, and Coasts. London: Chatto & Windus. 1981. Wilton, Andrew. Turner, Girtin and Bonington: A New York Private Collection, Paintings, Watercolours, and Drawings. New York: Privately Published, 2001. Wilton, Andrew. J. M. W. Turner, His Art and Life. New York: Rizzoli, 1979. Rawlinson, W.G. The Engraved Work of J.M.W. Turner, R.A. 2 vols. London: MacMillan & Co., 1913. Thomas Agnew & Sons. Paintings and Watercolours by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. Exhibition catalogue. London: Thomas Agnew & Sons, 1967. Laing Art Gallery. Coronation Exhibition. Newcastle. 1953. Ruskin, J. The Harbours of England. reprinted in E.T. Cook and Alexander Wedderburn, The Works of John Ruskin, Library edition, 1903-12, v. XIII. London: E. Gambart & Co. 1856. Clarke, Jay, ed. Landscape, Innovation, and Nostalgia: The Manton Collection of British Art. Williamstown, MA: The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2012.

Provenance

Robert Stirling Newall; Frederick Stirling Newall, his son, by descent (by 1879); Norman D. Newall, his son, by descent; Mrs. Norman D. Newall, his widow, by descent (1952–1979, sale, Christie’s, London, 13 Dec. 1979, no. 75, sold to Spink & Son, Ltd., London, as agent for Manton); Sir Edwin A. G. Manton, New York (1979–d. 2005); Manton Family Art Foundation (2005–2007, given to the Clark); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007.