Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dieppe Harbour

1824

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Rivers Meuse and Moselle Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 78 × 118 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D20037
Turner Bequest CCXVI 247 a

Catalogue entry

With swift and summary handling, here Turner has sketched views of Dieppe Harbour. The prospect running parallel to the gutter of the sketchbook shows the jetties there (see also Tate D35463; Turner Bequest CCCLX 5).

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

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