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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches of Cliffs, Possibly at Moen 1835

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Sketches of Cliffs, Possibly at Moen’ 1835
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 9 Verso:
Two Sketches of Cliffs, Possibly at Moen 1835
D30838
Turner Bequest CCCV 9 a
Pencil on white laid writing paper, 92 x 155 mm
Partial Watermark: orb ornamented with laurel leaves
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These cursory sketches appear to depict cliffs on the island of Møn in south-eastern Denmark (see Tate D30830–D30832; Turner Bequest CCCV 5a–6a).

Alice Rylance-Watson
April 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Two Sketches of Cliffs, Possibly at Moen 1835 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-two-sketches-of-cliffs-possibly-at-moen-r1187216, accessed 22 May 2024.