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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?The Mouth of the Tweed from the Quay of Berwick-upon-Tweed 1831

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The Mouth of the Tweed from the Quay of Berwick-upon-Tweed’ 1831
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 34 Recto:
?The Mouth of the Tweed from the Quay of Berwick-upon-Tweed 1831
D25984
Turner Bequest CCLXVII 34
Pencil on off-white wove writing paper, 113 x 185 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by John Ruskin ‘34’ bottom left inverted and ‘271’ top left inverted
Stamped in black ‘CCLXVII – 34’ top left inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook inverted, this view of the coast from a cliff probably shows the view from the quay at the southern corner of Berwick-upon-Tweed looking over the River Tweed near the estuary. At the left is the quay wall with a semi-circular tower or platform at its corner and a flagpole (see folio 52 verso; D26016; CCLXVII 52a). There is a very similar sketch on folio 41 (D25996; CCLXVII 41), though instead of looking south, that sketch looks east towards the breakwater. A similar composition in the Berwick sketchbook (1831) may also be linked (Tate D25717; Turner Bequest CCLXV 41a).
For more information on Turner’s visit to Berwick, see folio 48 verso (D26009; CCLXVII 48a).

Thomas Ardill
September 2009

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘?The Mouth of the Tweed from the Quay of Berwick-upon-Tweed 1831 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2009, 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-the-mouth-of-the-tweed-from-the-quay-of-berwick-upon-tweed-r1134354, accessed 19 April 2024.