Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dover: The Castle and Pier from the Harbour

1793

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Dover
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 182 × 255 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D00163
Turner Bequest XVI A

Catalogue entry

A copy of this accomplished drawing in pencil and watercolour, probably by John Henderson (1764–1843), is in the British Museum, London (Henderson Bequest 1878–12–28–45).1 See Tate D00172 (Turner Bequest XVI J).

See also discussion in Finberg 1909, I, p.20.

Verso:

A slight sketch of the timbers of the pier; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram; inscribed in a later hand ‘13 | a’. The sheet was formerly mounted solid; this slight sketch was revealed on lifting.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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