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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dieppe 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dieppe’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 238 Verso:
Dieppe 1824
D20005
Turner Bequest CCXVI 231 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘2’ bottom centre towards left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
On this page Turner studies the buildings which line the quayside at Dieppe, including the dome at tower of the Church of Saint-Jacques. When connected, these two drawings produce one panoramic view of a parade of buildings and houses. For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19968–D19996, D19998–D20004, D20006–D20014, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 211–227, 228–231, 232–236, 244a–245a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘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-dieppe-r1174800, accessed 24 April 2024.