Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dover Castle from Shakespeare Cliff

c.1822–4

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Ports of England Sketchbook
Medium: Watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 257 x 178 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D17737
Turner Bequest CCII 18

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This sketchbook, which Turner seems to have used around 1822 in conjunction with a journey along the southern coast of England, contains twenty-two watercolour studies similar to this opening. This subject is a preparatory stage in the design of a watercolour of Dover engraved in May 1826 as the penultimate plate for the 'Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England'.

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