Joseph Mallord William Turner

Shipping off Dieppe Harbour

1824

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Rivers Meuse and Moselle Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 78 × 118 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D20007
Turner Bequest CCXVI 232 a

Catalogue entry

These fine and nimbly rendered sketches record five vessels navigating the waters around Dieppe Harbour. In unison, the boats slant slightly to the right in the marine breeze. Their lofty masts teeter gently and their sails billow softly in the wind. For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19968–D19996, D19998–D20006, D20008–D20014, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 211–227, 228–232, 233–236, 244a–245a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

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