Joseph Mallord William Turner

Houses and a Church on a Hill or Cliff

1845

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 86 × 111 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D35533
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 26 a

Catalogue entry

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation is a careful but as yet unidentified view of a church and houses on a steep hill or cliff, probably on or near a Channel coast. See the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many slight coastal views scattered through it.
At the top right is a thumbnail sketch placing the silhouette of the features in the main drawing in relation to lightly drawn elements to their left, including a windmill.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

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