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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Buildings at Dieppe 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buildings at Dieppe’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 228 Verso:
Buildings at Dieppe 1824
D19985
Turner Bequest CCXVI 221 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight and undeveloped sketch depicts buildings at Dieppe, specifically those which surround the Church of Saint-Jacques. The dome and spire of the church can be seen rising above the rooftops at centre. For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19968–D19984, D19986–D20014, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 211–221, 222–236, 244a–245a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Buildings 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-buildings-at-dieppe-r1174780, accessed 26 April 2024.