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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Houses at Dieppe Harbour 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Houses at Dieppe Harbour’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 239 Recto:
Houses at Dieppe Harbour 1824
D20006
Turner Bequest CCXVI 232
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[?Y/T]’, ‘Yell’, ‘Y’ top centre towards left
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘232’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–232’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
On this page Turner studies the buildings which line the quayside at Dieppe, adding the notes ‘yell’ and the initials ‘Y’ or ‘T’ to record colours in the sky. For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19968–D19996, D19998–D20005, D20007–D20014, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 211–227, 228–231a, 232a–236, 244a–245a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Houses at Dieppe Harbour 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-at-dieppe-harbour-r1174801, accessed 25 April 2024.