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 Dunbar Harbour 1818

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dunbar Harbour’ 1818
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 20 Recto:
Dunbar Harbour 1818
D13487
Turner Bequest CLXVI 20
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 112 mm
Stamped in black ‘CLXVI 20’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view of Dunbar harbour is a continuation of the sketch from the previous page (see folio 19 verso; D13486). This half of the drawing shows the harbour wall with the sea to the right and the perilous rocks at the mouth of the harbour can just be made out.

Thomas Ardill
December 2007

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Dunbar Harbour 1818 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, December 2007, 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-dunbar-harbour-r1132032, accessed 20 September 2024.