J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > South-Eastern France and Genoa 1838 > Coast of Genoa Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A View of Mortola and the Coast towards Ventimiglia and Bordighera 1838

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A View of Mortola and the Coast towards Ventimiglia and Bordighera’ 1838
Folio 8 Recto:
A View of Mortola and the Coast towards Ventimiglia and Bordighera 1838
D21285
Turner Bequest CCXXXII 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 157 x 98 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXII 8’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The drawing on this page represents a continuation of the principal composition on folio 7 verso opposite (D21284).

Nicola Moorby
October 2018

Revised by Hayley Flynn
June 2025

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘A View of Mortola and the Coast towards Ventimiglia and Bordighera 1838’, catalogue entry, October 2018, revised by Hayley Flynn, June 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, July 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/a-view-of-mortola-and-the-coast-towards-ventimiglia-and-bordighera-r1213462, accessed 17 September 2026.