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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Shakespeare Cliff, Dover c.1816-19

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Shakespeare Cliff, Dover’ c.1816-19
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 38 Recto:
Shakespeare Cliff, Dover circa 1816–19
D10474
Turner Bequest CXL 34
Pencil on white wove paper, 155 x 95 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘34’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXL 34’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch of Shakespeare Cliff is taken from the east, above Dover; see folio 37 verso of the sketchbook (D10473; Turner Bequest CXL 33a).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Shakespeare Cliff, Dover 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-shakespeare-cliff-dover-r1131464, accessed 18 April 2024.