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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner High Cliffs, ?Doyle Monument, Guernsey ?1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘High Cliffs, ?Doyle Monument, Guernsey’ ?1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Verso:
High Cliffs, ?Doyle Monument, Guernsey ?1832
D23624
Turner Bequest CCLII 55a
Pencil on white wove paper, 114 x 187 mm
Partial watermark ‘J. JELL | 18’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The kind of high rocky cliffs featured in this sketch abound in the Channel Islands and were the subject of extensive study in this volume. The very tall and thin structure visible towards the top left-hand corner of the page may locate this scene on the east coast of Guernsey, looking south towards the Doyle Monument. This landmark was a large column, raised to commemorate Sir John Doyle (1756–1834) who had served as the island’s Lieutenant Governor during the Napoleonic Wars.1

John Chu
April 2014

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J.T. Cochrane, A Guide to the Island of Guernsey, St Peter Port 1826, pp.69–70.

How to cite

John Chu, ‘High Cliffs, ?Doyle Monument, Guernsey ?1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-high-cliffs-doyle-monument-guernsey-r1175116, accessed 29 June 2024.