Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Harbour

c.1834–6

Image released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported)

License this image

In Tate Britain

Prints and Drawings Room

View by appointment
Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Fishing at the Weir Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 79 x 101 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D27788
Turner Bequest CCLXXXI 34

Catalogue entry

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the slight sketch of a skyline at the top continues across folio 33 verso opposite (D27787). The buildings or structures suggest a harbour, as yet unidentified. There are various studies of fishermen, fish markets and coastal views in the sketchbook, particularly on adjacent pages at this end, as set out in the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

Read full Catalogue entry

Explore

You might like

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harbour’ ?1829

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harbour

?1829
D23725
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harbour, Nice’ c.1835–40

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harbour, Nice

c.1835–40
D29511
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harbour, Genoa’ 1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harbour, Genoa

1828
D21297
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harbour’ c.1830–45

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harbour

c.1830–45
View by appointment D36106
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dieppe Harbour’ c.1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dieppe Harbour

c.1826
View by appointment D20208
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Sketches in Harbour’ 1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Sketches in Harbour

1828
D21104
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping in Harbour’ c.1825

Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping in Harbour

c.1825
View by appointment D19533
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coast Scene’ c.1835–40

Joseph Mallord William Turner Coast Scene

c.1835–40
D29435
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harbour’ 1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harbour

1828
D21371
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Leghorn, from the Harbour’ 1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner Leghorn, from the Harbour

1828
View by appointment D21567
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shipping at Dover Harbour’ 1825

Joseph Mallord William Turner Shipping at Dover Harbour

1825
D19365
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harbour and Statue - ?Grand-Duke Ferdinand I - at Leghorn’ 1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harbour and Statue - ?Grand-Duke Ferdinand I - at Leghorn

1828
View by appointment D21577
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harbour’ c.1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harbour

c.1834
View by appointment D28001
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harbour, with Sailing Vessels’ 1828

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harbour, with Sailing Vessels

1828
View by appointment D21433
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Genoa Harbour with Shipping and the Lighthouse’ c.1828–37

Joseph Mallord William Turner Genoa Harbour with Shipping and the Lighthouse

c.1828–37
View by appointment D33718