Joseph Mallord William Turner

Above the North Bay, Scarborough, Looking North

c.1816–18

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Scarborough 1 Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 117 × 180 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D11927
Turner Bequest CL 11

Catalogue entry

This sketch records the view from the cliffs above the north bay at Scarborough, near the junction of the present Queen’s Parade and Albert Road, looking north-north-west to Scalby Ness with Long Nab seen directly beyond. The view from the same spot, but looking in a southerly direction, is depicted in another sketch in the sequence (D11929; Turner Bequest CL 12). The sketches are separated in the present pagination, but the connection suggests that the given by Finberg might have corresponded to their original order.

David Hill
September 2008

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