Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Figures and Buildings at Dieppe 1824
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Turner Bequest CCXVI 224
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘[smith &] allnut | [18]22’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘W’ top left, ‘yellow’ top left towards top centre, ‘[?B...]’ centre left towards rear, ‘w C[...]’ | ‘Devu’ centre left towards rear; ‘[?Robion] L’Aine | [...] [?Ver] d’Eau | [...] and delau’ bottom left; ‘Vin [...] et Bon’, ‘D [?chaud]’ bottom left towards centre; ‘Vin & Absinthe [...] | ‘[D...] [...] Caffe’, ‘[?orgue]’ rear left to centre; ‘Postillions’ top centre towards right, ‘Red edges | and R[...] | cuff’ top centre, ‘Blue’, ‘O’, O’, top right on Postillions’ costume, ‘Red Cap’ centre towards right
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘224’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–224’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856