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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dieppe: Harbour with Boats and the Tower and Cupola of St Jacques; and Sailing Boats 1821

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dieppe: Harbour with Boats and the Tower and Cupola of St Jacques; and Sailing Boats’ 1821
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 21 Recto:
Dieppe: Harbour with Boats and the Tower and Cupola of St Jacques; and Sailing Boats 1821
D18557
Turner Bequest CCXI 21
Pencil on white wove paper, 189 x 113 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXI – 21’ top right running vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The sketch at the top of the page is identifiable as the harbour at Dieppe because of the outline of the tower and cupola of the Church of St Jacques in the distance to the left.1 The sketch beneath of two large sailing vessels, or one vessel from the front and side, may have been made during Turner’s journey from Brighton and Dieppe.

Thomas Ardill
February 2013

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Butlin and Joll 1984, p.141 under no.231.

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Dieppe: Harbour with Boats and the Tower and Cupola of St Jacques; and Sailing Boats 1821 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2013, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-dieppe-harbour-with-boats-and-the-tower-and-cupola-of-st-r1146253, accessed 25 April 2024.