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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of Dieppe Harbour 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of Dieppe Harbour’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 242 Recto:
Views of Dieppe Harbour 1824
D20012
Turner Bequest CCXVI 235
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘235’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–235’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The principal prospect depicts part of Dieppe and its harbour, with the Channel beyond. The coastline continues into a wide bay at left. A small jotting at top right shows the breakwaters of the harbour. For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19968–D19996, D19998–D200011, D20013–D20014, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 211–227, 228–234a, 235a–236, 244a–245a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Views of 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-views-of-dieppe-harbour-r1174807, accessed 24 April 2024.