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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Margate and Life Drawing c.1830-40 > Gravesend and Margate Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harbour; Cliffs, ?Kent c.1832

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harbour; Cliffs, ?Kent’ c.1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 31 Recto:
Harbour; Cliffs, ?Kent c.1832
D27323
Turner Bequest CCLXXIX 31
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 206 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Blue’, ‘m’, ‘m’, ‘Blue’, ‘D B[...]’, ‘Pur Light [...] h[...] W[...]k’ left centre, descending vertically
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘31’ top right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXIX 31’ top right, descending vertically
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with studies of cliffs and a harbour. For more information on the maritime subjects in this volume, see the sketchbook introduction.
Technical Notes:
There is a patch of darker, repaired paper at the bottom edge of the page.

John Chu
March 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Harbour; Cliffs, ?Kent c.1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-harbour-cliffs-kent-r1181459, accessed 05 April 2026.