Joseph Mallord William Turner

The Jetties at Dieppe from the Beach

1845

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Dieppe Sketchbook
Medium: Gouache and watercolour on paper
Dimensions: Support: 232 × 332 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D35469
Turner Bequest CCCLX 11

Catalogue entry

Achieved without an underlying pencil drawing, this loose watercolour sketch depicts the jetties and lighthouse at the mouth of Dieppe harbour as seen from the long stretch gravel beach running west towards the medieval castle.1

For reasons set out in the Technical notes in the sketchbook Introduction, this work appears inverted in relation to the volume as foliated.

For the history of Dieppe’s harbour infrastructure, see Jacques Bialek, Évolution du Port de Dieppe du XVIIe Siècle à nos Jours, Dieppe 1996.

Verso:

Blank; except for short light pencil marks and small patches of watercolour transferred from folio recto 11 opposite (D35470; Turner Bequest CCCLX 12).

John Chu
February 2014

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