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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Folkestone Harbour 1845

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Folkestone Harbour’ 1845
Folio 15 Verso:
Folkestone Harbour 1845
D35290
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 15a
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 111 mm
This sketch forms part of a double-page view of Folkestone Harbour that continues on the folio 16 recto opposite (D35291). Turner’s attention here is focused on the new Harbour House. Italianate in style, complete with an imposing central clock tower, it was erected in 1844 to designs by Lewis Cubitt (1799–1883) and used initially as a customs house, with offices for the South East Railway Company and the Harbour Master, until its demolition in 1899.1
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For details and photographs of the building see ‘Folkestone Harbour’, Disused Stations: Closed Railway Stations in the UK, accessed 14 March 2025, http://www.disused-stations.org.uk/f/folkestone_harbour/.
Technical Notes:
There is a 1mm dent to the left-hand edge.

Amy Concannon
May 2025

How to cite

Amy Concannon, ‘Folkestone Harbour 1845’, catalogue entry, May 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/folkestone-harbour-r1214200, accessed 11 July 2026.