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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cliffs on a Channel Coast 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cliffs on a Channel Coast’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 62 Recto:
Cliffs on a Channel Coast 1845
D35597
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 62
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘62’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXI – 62’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, unidentified Channel cliffs are shown. See the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many slight coastal views scattered through it.
The significance of the small separate sketch at the bottom left is unclear.
Technical notes:
There is some brown staining at the gutter, possibly indicating water damage in the 1928 Tate flood.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Cliffs on a Channel Coast 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-cliffs-on-a-channel-coast-r1184015, accessed 18 April 2024.