Joseph Mallord William Turner

?Harfleur, Normandy

1826

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Rouen, Le Havre, Caen, Bayeux and Isigny Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 122 × 98 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D23480
Turner Bequest CCLI 12 a

Catalogue entry

Turner filled much of this page with studies of hilly terrain and buildings. The church spire in the upper left-hand quadrant of the page resembles that of the town of Harfleur close to the mouth of the River Seine in Normandy. See the sketchbook introduction for a list of the places in this area recorded in these pages.

John Chu
July 2015

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