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 Ward c.1816-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Scarborough Harbour from the Castle Ward’ c.1816-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Recto:
Scarborough Harbour from the Castle Ward c.1816–18
D11923
Turner Bequest CL 7a
Pencil on white wove paper, 117 x 180 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch records the view from below the southernmost tip of the ward of Scarborough Castle, looking down on the outer and lighthouse jetties with part of the castle wall descending steeply to the harbour from the top right. In the distance can be seen the coast stretching southwards towards Filey Brigg. The sketch records similar material to another in this sequence (D11925; Turner Bequest CL 9) but from a more southerly position.
The verso (D11922) is Turner Bequest CL 7, and stamped as such. On the evidence of the inscription this was presumably one of the originally detached leaves noted by Finberg (see sketchbook Introduction), and at some stage has perhaps been replaced in the book in a reversed orientation.

David Hill
September 2008

Revised by Matthew Imms
May 2014

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Scarborough Harbour from the Castle Ward c.1816–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2008, revised by Matthew Imms, May 2014, 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-ward-r1146942, accessed 22 July 2024.