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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Morlaise to Nantes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner La Roche-Bernard, Brittany 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘La Roche-Bernard, Brittany’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Recto:
La Roche-Bernard, Brittany 1826
D23064
Turner Bequest CCXLVII 29
Pencil on white laid paper, 105 x 167 mm
Stamped in black ‘CCXLVII – 29’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with a westerly view of the Brittany settlement of La Roche-Bernard. The pages of this volume feature several depictions of this location, a list of which is included in the sketchbook introduction.

John Chu
September 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘La Roche-Bernard, Brittany 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-la-roche-bernard-brittany-r1184892, accessed 27 June 2025.