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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Two Views of Cliffs at Richborough c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Two Views of Cliffs at Richborough’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Verso:
Two Views of Cliffs at Richborough circa 1816–19
D10465
Turner Bequest CXL 29a
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Richborough’ top right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These outlines of cliffs are very slight, but seem to have been sketched from offshore in Sandwich Bay.

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Two Views of Cliffs at Richborough c.1816–19 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2011, 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-two-views-of-cliffs-at-richborough-r1131453, accessed 23 April 2024.