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

With the page turned horizontally, the view is west along the Stade above the harbour at Folkestone, as tentatively suggested by Finberg,1 with boats apparently beached at low tide, overlooked by St Mary and St Eanswythe’s Church on the cliff beyond. Nothing survives of the houses in the foreground, continued at the top right, while the harbour was later considerably expanded and redeveloped. This is among numerous sketches showing aspects of the harbour. For Turner’s other Folkestone views in this sketchbook and elsewhere, see under the comparable view on folio 8 recto (D18855).