Joseph Mallord William Turner

Pendennis Castle and the entrance to Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall: Scene after a Wreck



Joseph Mallord William Turner - Pendennis Castle and the entrance to Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall: Scene after a Wreck



Joseph Mallord William Turner
Pendennis Castle and the entrance to Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall: Scene after a Wreck
154 x 234 mm
Pencil and watercolour, heightened with bodycolour, and with scratching out on paper
Sale Christie's, London, 2 July 2025


Provenance


George Cooke (1781-1834), 1822.
Benjamin Godfrey Windus (1790-1867), by 1840.
Frank Dillon (1823-1909), by 1857.
John Dillon (d.1868) (†); Christie's, London, 17 April 1869, lot 40 (50 gns to Vokins).
with Arthur Vokins, London.
George Rennie (1831-1908); Christie's, London, 4 June 1870, lot 29 (136 gns to Vokins).
with Arthur Vokins, London.
sale at Robinson and Fisher, 1928 [?].
H.L. Fison (†); Christie's, London, 6 November 1973, lot 147.
with Leger Galleries, London, 1973 (stock no. AW 139), from where purchased by
R.A. Shuck.
with Agnew's, London, 1985.
Anonymous sale; Christie’s, London, 6 July 2010, lot 64, where purchased by the present owner
Sale Christie's, London, 2 July 2025, nr. 49

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