'Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover

From Holland Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CCXIV

Date 1825

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 155 x 95 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D19345

Turner Bequest CCXIV 254 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Southern England

Kent

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1820s

Holland Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest