Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Harbour

c.1834–6

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Fishing at the Weir Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 79 × 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

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