Joseph Mallord William Turner

Whitby: The Abbey and Cliffs from the East, with a View along the Coast

1801

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Dunbar Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 115 x 164 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D02754
Turner Bequest LIV 87 a

Catalogue entry

Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the subject is continued on folio 88 recto opposite (D02755). A long sequence of sketches on the Yorkshire coast between Scarborough and Whitby runs between folios 83 verso and 98 verso (D02746–D02776).

Andrew Wilton
May 2013

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cliffs along the Yorkshire Coast’ 1801

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View by appointment D02760
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Coast of Yorkshire, near Whitby

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cliffs, with Whitby Church Above, a Small Boat in the Foreground and a Quay to the Right’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cliffs, with Whitby Church Above, a Small Boat in the Foreground and a Quay to the Right

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘View along the Coast, with Cliffs to the Right and a Collier Inshore’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner View along the Coast, with Cliffs to the Right and a Collier Inshore

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View by appointment D02768
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Whitby: The Abbey, Parish Church and Part of the Harbour Seen from the Sea’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner Whitby: The Abbey, Parish Church and Part of the Harbour Seen from the Sea

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Whitby Pier’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Whitby Pier

1801
View by appointment D02764
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cliffs ?near Whitby, with a Vessel at Sea in the Left Distance’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cliffs ?near Whitby, with a Vessel at Sea in the Left Distance

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sunrise on the Yorkshire Coast, with Figures on the Beach and Cliffs Beyond’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sunrise on the Yorkshire Coast, with Figures on the Beach and Cliffs Beyond

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Looking along a Stretch of Coast with High Cliffs: Moonlight’ 1801

Joseph Mallord William Turner Looking along a Stretch of Coast with High Cliffs: Moonlight

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View by appointment D02617