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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Coastal Scenes ?near Dunkirk 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Scenes ?near Dunkirk’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Coastal Scenes ?near Dunkirk 1824
D19912
Turner Bequest CCXVI 180 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This swiftly executed sketch showing a coastal view was possibly taken in northern France as Turner made his way towards Dunkirk (see Tate D19911; Turner Bequest CCXVI 180). A group of figures can be seen on the beach in the foreground gathered around what appears to be a boat; they may be attending to nets or cargo. A similar landscape is depicted on Tate D19913–D19914; Turner Bequest CCXVI 181–181a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Coastal Scenes ?near Dunkirk 1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-coastal-scenes-near-dunkirk-r1174707, accessed 18 April 2024.