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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cliffs on a Channel Coast 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cliffs on a Channel Coast’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Verso:
Cliffs on a Channel Coast 1845
D35508
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 11a
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Partial watermark ‘W’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?S... A ...]’ top centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, this view of distant Channel coast cliffs is briefly annotated, apparently with a diagonal line to mark the feature in question, although it is yet to be identified. There is a brief continuation on folio 12 recto opposite (D35509). See the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many slight coastal views scattered through it.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Cliffs on a Channel Coast 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-cliffs-on-a-channel-coast-r1183933, accessed 22 November 2024.