Joseph Mallord William Turner

Cliffs Near Scarborough

c.1816–18

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Scarborough 2 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 116 × 182 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D11958
Turner Bequest CLI 6

Catalogue entry

The subject of this sketch is unidentified but presumably in the context records a view looking south along the coast south of Scarborough, possibly from Osgodby Point, looking across Cayton Bay.
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David Hill
September 2008

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