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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Scotland 1818-20 > Edinburgh, 1818, Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner North Shields 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘North Shields’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 4 Recto:
North Shields 1818
D13455
Turner Bequest CLXVI 4
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 112 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXVI 4’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Continued from folio 3 verso (D13454) is the view east along the Tyne estuary from North Shields. The quayside with the Low Light (harbour light) can be seen at the left of the present page along with boats in the harbour (one of which may also be seen on folio 3; D13453), and in the distance along the north shore of the Tyne the ruins of Tynemouth Abbey can be seen on a headland at the mouth of the estuary.
See folio 13 for more information about Turner’s visit to North and South Shields and references to his other sketches.

Thomas Ardill
August 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘North Shields 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2009, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-north-shields-r1132000, accessed 23 April 2024.