Joseph Mallord William Turner

Quayside Landscapes, Le Havre

?1829

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Tancarville and Lillebonne Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 107 × 156 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D23716
Turner Bequest CCLIII 9 a

Catalogue entry

The page contains two sketches, drawn horizontally, of the coast, with indications of buildings, such as the lighthouse at the left side of the upper sketch. Finberg recorded these sketches as ‘Houses, &c., on river-banks’;1 however, the location of Le Havre has been confirmed.2 The lower sketch may be a continuation of the upper panorama.

Finberg 1909, II, p.768.

?Ian Warrell, ‘Turner on the Seine: Topographical Index’, c.1999, Prints and Drawings Room, Tate Britain (printout in copy of Ian Warrell, Turner on the Seine, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1999), p.3.

Technical notes:

There is a small crease on the top right corner of the page.

Caroline South
May 2017

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