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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Channel Cliffs and Buildings 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Channel Cliffs and Buildings’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Verso:
Channel Cliffs and Buildings 1845
D35515
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 15a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 86 mm
Partial watermark ‘ing | 42’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned vertically, in the outer half are two coastal views separated by a horizontal pencil line. The upper shows cliffs with distant buildings receding round a bay to the left, with slight details in the foreground including what may be a vehicle or wheeled cannon; it is unclear whether the tower and other details indicated to the right are part of the same view or a different aspect. Below are cliffs receding to the right round a bay with a small structure in the foreground. See the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many slight coastal views scattered through it.
Technical notes:
There is some brown staining at the gutter, possibly indicating water damage in the 1928 Tate flood.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Channel Cliffs and Buildings 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-channel-cliffs-and-buildings-r1183938, accessed 21 November 2024.