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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Review at Portsmouth Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Portsmouth from the Sea 1814

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Portsmouth from the Sea’ 1814
Folio 24 Verso:
Portsmouth from the Sea 1814
D10012
Turner Bequest CXXXVI 24a
Pencil on white wove paper, 82 x 119 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As identified by Finberg,1 with the page turned horizontally, this is a distant viewpoint of the coastline at Portsmouth, observed from the sea. On the left–hand side, there is a tower that bears resemblance to that depicted on folio 37 recto (D10025), suggesting it may be the bell tower of Portsmouth Cathedral.
For the many sketches made at the vast naval review at Portsmouth in June 1814 occupy the middle of this sketchbook, see its Introduction, and under folio 23 verso (D10010).
1
Finberg 1909, I, p.389.
Verso:
Blank

Vanessa Otim
March 2025

How to cite

Vanessa Otim, ‘Portsmouth from the Sea 1814’, catalogue entry, March 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/portsmouth-from-the-sea-r1213917, accessed 31 July 2026.