Joseph Mallord William Turner

Le Havre from Sainte-Adresse

?1832

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Guernsey Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 114 × 187 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D23597
Turner Bequest CCLII 41

Catalogue entry

Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, this sketch records the south-easterly view from the suburb of Sainte-Adresse towards Le Havre and the Seine estuary. The coastline can be seen running south-east from the bottom right-hand corner of the page to the centre left-hand side. A nearby view was sketched onto folio 45 recto (D23603; Turner Bequest CCLII 45). For examples of Turner’s watercolours of Le Havre from Sainte-Adresse worked up with a view to engraved reproduction around this time, see Tate D24652 (Turner Bequest CCLIX 87) and D24653 (Turner Bequest CCLIX 88).
Verso:
Blank

John Chu
April 2014

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