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 from the Castle Cliff c.1816-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Scarborough Harbour from the Castle Cliff’ c.1816-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Scarborough Harbour from the Castle Cliff c.1816–18
D11925
Turner Bequest CL 9
Pencil on white wove paper, 117 x 180 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘from the Castle cliff’ bottom right
Faintly inscribed by an unknown hand in red ink ‘9’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CL 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch records the view from below the southern corner of the ward of Scarborough Castle, looking almost due south down to the outer jetty of Scarborough Harbour with the castle wall descending steeply towards the harbour. White Nab is visible in the distance above the end of the jetty, with Osgodby Point further left, and Lebberston Cliff towards Filey Brigg in the far distance left. Turner made a second sketch from a similar but more advanced viewpoint (D11923; Turner Bequest CL 7a).
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David Hill
September 2008

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Scarborough Harbour from the Castle Cliff 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-from-the-castle-cliff-r1146941, accessed 22 July 2024.