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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Eu and Treport Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Le Tréport Harbour before White Cliffs 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Le Tréport Harbour before White Cliffs’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Le Tréport Harbour before White Cliffs 1845
D35440
Turner Bequest CCCLIX 5
Pencil and watercolour on white wove paper, 231 x 325 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘5’ bottom right
Stamped in black ink ‘CCCLIX 5’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Matthieu Pinette has identified this sketch as a north-easterly view across Le Tréport harbour towards the village of Mers.1 On the right, the harbour’s eastern pier and lighthouse have been achieved with rapid ochre, pink, and grey washes, while the chalk cliffs in the distance are composed of an area of ‘reserved’ white paper.
1
Gamble, Wildman and Pinette 2003, p.130.
Verso:
Blank; except for spots of blue watercolour.

John Chu
February 2014

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Le Tréport Harbour before White Cliffs 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-le-treport-harbour-before-white-cliffs-r1173536, accessed 26 April 2024.