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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?The Old Harbour, San Remo 1828

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The Old Harbour, San Remo’ 1828
Folio 40 Recto:
?The Old Harbour, San Remo 1828
D21209
Turner Bequest CCXXXI 40
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 174 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘40’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXXXI 40’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject of this sketch, with the page turned horizontally, is tentatively identified as a view of the old harbour in San Remo looking north-east. The arches in the centre of the composition may denote the line of the quayside. For a further study of San Remo see folio 39 verso (D21208).

Nicola Moorby
April 2017

Revised by Hannah Kaspar
November 2024

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘?The Old Harbour, San Remo 1828’, catalogue entry, April 2017, revised by Hannah Kaspar, November 2024, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2025, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/the-old-harbour-san-remo-r1209887, accessed 07 August 2025.