J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > French Tour 1821 > Paris, Seine and Dieppe Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sailing Vessels off Coast of Dover 1821

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sailing Vessels off Coast of Dover’ 1821
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Verso:
Sailing Vessels off Coast of Dover 1821
D18526
Turner Bequest CCXI 1a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch of shipping off the coast across the lower half of the page has been identified as a view of Dover with the castle, indicating that Turner returned from his French tour in 1821 via Calais to Dover;1 compare to Tate D18154 (Turner Bequest CCVIII U). There is a more distant view of the English coast above, and two boxed-off sketches of shipping at the top of the page.

Thomas Ardill
March 2013

1
Warrell 1999, pp.20, 252 note 29. His outward journey was between Brighton and Dieppe.

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Sailing Vessels off Coast of Dover 1821 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-sailing-vessels-off-coast-of-dover-r1146222, accessed 20 May 2024.