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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Morlaise to Nantes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lorient, Brittany 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lorient, Brittany’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
Lorient, Brittany 1826
D23058
Turner Bequest CCXLVII 26
Pencil on white laid paper, 105 x 167 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Ex’, ‘Bat DE’ top left, ‘Ex’ C[..], bottom centre, ‘M[...]dos’, ‘STP’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXLVII – 26’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with drawings of the harbour of Lorient including the fortress of Port-Louis. The pages of this volume feature several depictions of this coastal Brittany town and its environs, a list of which is included in the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
September 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Lorient, Brittany 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-lorient-brittany-r1184886, accessed 23 September 2024.