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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Shakespeare Cliff from Dover Harbour 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shakespeare Cliff from Dover Harbour’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 94 Verso:
Shakespeare Cliff from Dover Harbour 1845
D35657
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 94a
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram below left of centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is west from Dover Harbour to the distinctive peak of Shakespeare Cliff; see also folio 85 recto (D35638). For other views of Dover on adjacent pages, see under folio 20 verso (D35523).

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Shakespeare Cliff from Dover Harbour 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-shakespeare-cliff-from-dover-harbour-r1184072, accessed 20 April 2024.