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

Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, the sketches with which Turner filled this page depict Creux on the south-east coast of Sark where a small summer harbour had been established. The left-hand side of the page is dominated by the ‘almost perpendicular cliffs which overhang and surround’ this ‘romantic spot’; at the base of these high rocks can be seen the opening of the small tunnel, excavated to give access to the island’s higher ground. ¹ The large rectangular form a little to the right of the centre of the page is presumably the harbour pier. This tiny bay constitutes one of the volume’s major preoccupations; for a list of these drawings, see the entry for folio 58 recto (D23629; Turner Bequest CCLII 58).