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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Houses Surrounding Harbour at Dieppe 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Houses Surrounding Harbour at Dieppe’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 218 Recto:
Houses Surrounding Harbour at Dieppe 1824
D19968
Turner Bequest CCXVI 211
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘smith & [allnut] | 18[22]’
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘211’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–211’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This previously unidentified prospect shows a stretch of the quay at Dieppe, with the profile of the Church of Saint-Jacques in the distance at far left. Turner visited this Normandy port city on 11 and 12 September, just before the end of his tour. For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19969–D20014, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 212–236, 244a–245a.
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Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Houses Surrounding Harbour at Dieppe 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-houses-surrounding-harbour-at-dieppe-r1174763, accessed 22 September 2024.