'Cliffs, with the Ruins of ?Whitby Abbey Partially Visible Above; A Small Boat in the Foreground and a Quay to the Right', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Cliffs, with the Ruins of ?Whitby Abbey Partially Visible Above; A Small Boat in the Foreground and a Quay to the Right

From Dunbar Sketchbook

Turner Bequest LIV

Date 1801

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 115 x 162 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D02763

Turner Bequest LIV 92

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seascapes and coasts (6,839)

coast (3,628)

places (23,428)

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Northern England

Yorkshire

Yorkshire, North

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Dunbar Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest