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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Coastal Cliffs from the Sea 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Coastal Cliffs from the Sea’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 75 Verso:
Coastal Cliffs from the Sea 1834
D26238
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 75a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘R[...]’ bottom centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These three sketches of coastal cliffs belong to a group of sketches of the coast that were made as Turner travelled south along the east coast from Edinburgh to London (folios 70 verso–77 verso; D26228–D26242). The lower sketch is labelled by Turner with a word beginning with ‘R’. Considering that there are sketches of Whitby in this sketchbook (folio 77 verso; D526242), it is possible that this is the cliff at Ravenscar that lies between Whitby and Scarborough. Sketches on folio 76 verso (D26240) may depict the same area.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Coastal Cliffs from the Sea 1834 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 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-coastal-cliffs-from-the-sea-r1136166, accessed 26 April 2024.