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 11 Recto:
Calais, Picardy c.1826
D24125
Turner Bequest CCLVI 10
Pencil on white laid paper, 158 x 104 mm
Partial watermark of a crown and laurels
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ bottom right
Stamped in black CCLVI – 10’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawings of coastal buildings on this page, some of which are inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, were taken at 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-r1185418, accessed 20 May 2024.