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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Fishwives and Fishermen at Dieppe 1824

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 233 Recto:
Fishwives and Fishermen at Dieppe 1824
D19994
Turner Bequest CCXVI 226
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘[smith &] allnut | [18]22’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Red’ ‘Blue apron’ centre left, ‘yellow’, ‘P’, ‘Red’ rear centre on clothing, ‘[V B...]’ | ‘[...] [?Bottles’ | ‘[...]’ bottom right
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘226’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–226’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner records fishwives and fishermen preparing and selling their catch at Dieppe harbour. There are colour notes to describe the figures’ traditional clothing: a ‘Blue apron’, for example, or ‘yellow’ and ‘red’ dresses.
For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19968–D19993, D19995–D20014, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 211–225a, 226a–236, 244a–245a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Fishwives and Fishermen 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-fishwives-and-fishermen-at-dieppe-r1174789, accessed 29 March 2024.