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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Farnley Hall and Yorkshire c.1808-24 > Scarborough 1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Scarborough Harbour and Castle Cliff from the Lighthouse c.1816-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Scarborough Harbour and Castle Cliff from the Lighthouse’ c.1816-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 3 Recto:
Scarborough Harbour and Castle Cliff from the Lighthouse c.1816–18
D11945
Turner Bequest CL 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 117 x 180 mm
Watermarked ‘... HAYES | [1]812’
Inscribed by an unknown hand in red ink ‘26’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CL 26’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch records the view looking north across Scarborough outer harbour from the lighthouse, with the castle cliff beyond left, the outer jetty to the right and the castle wall (rather than the path noted by Finberg) snaking upwards from the far side of the harbour.
Verso:
Blank, except for an inscription by ?John Ruskin in red ink, ‘168. I.’ bottom left. The number is the sketchbook’s Turner Bequest Schedule number. The inscription suggests that the page was removed from the sketchbook, and the number recorded of the sketchbook to which it belonged, probably with some early exhibition at the National Gallery in mind. In the event, the drawing does not appear to have been shown.

David Hill
September 2008

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Scarborough Harbour and Castle Cliff from the Lighthouse c.1816–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-scarborough-harbour-and-castle-cliff-from-the-lighthouse-r1146936, accessed 23 November 2024.