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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > France and Folkestone Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Calais, Picardy c.1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Calais, Picardy’ c.1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Calais, Picardy c.1826
D24121
Turner Bequest CCLVI 8
Pencil on white laid paper, 158 x 104 mm
Partial watermark ‘1822’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘8’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black CCLVI – 8’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, the loose town studies in the upper half of this page depict Calais in Picardy, recognisable by its distinctively contrasting towers. For a more detailed drawing of these structures in the Turner Bequest see Tate D24857 (Turner Bequest CCLX 21).

John Chu
July 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Calais, Picardy c.1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-calais-picardy-r1185414, accessed 20 May 2024.