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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?South Foreland Lighthouse c.1821-2

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?South Foreland Lighthouse’ c.1821-2
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Verso:
?South Foreland Lighthouse c.1821–2
D17225
Turner Bequest CXCVIII 10a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 187 mm
?Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[...]’ towards top centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing on this page seems to describe the lighthouse at South Foreland near Dover, as already explored on folio 8 recto (D17220). For an explanation of the history of lighthouses at the site, and a list of sketches which consider them in the present sketchbook and elsewhere, see the entry for that page.
At the centre of the page Turner renders his view of the lighthouse in detail, taking what appears to be a south-westerly view from a position slightly inland. Further across to the right, adjacent with the gutter, a brief, unelaborated outline seems to describe the same collection of buildings from a somewhat greater distance.
Technical notes:
A finger or thumb print marks the bottom edge of this page.

Maud Whatley
January 2016

How to cite

Maud Whatley, ‘?South Foreland Lighthouse c.1821–2 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-south-foreland-lighthouse-r1184499, accessed 20 May 2024.