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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Cherbourg, Coutances and Mont St Michel ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Granville, Normandy 1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Granville, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Verso:
?Granville, Normandy 1826
D23361
Turner Bequest CCL 14a
Pencil on white laid paper, 91 x 131 mm
Partial watermark
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled much this page with a study of a cliff-top town, most likely Granville on the west coast of the Cotentin Peninsular in Normandy. This site features on multiple pages in this volume, a list of which is provided in the sketchbook introduction for comparison.

John Chu
May 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘?Granville, Normandy 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-granville-normandy-r1185201, accessed 20 May 2024.