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 76 Verso:
Coastal Cliffs from the Sea 1834
D26240
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 76a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
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 from the sea, that were made by Turner as he travelled south along the east coast from Edinburgh to London (folios 70 verso–77 verso; D26228–D26242). The two sketches on this page are similar to those on folio 75 verso (D26238) which, it has been suggested, may be the cliffs at Ravenscar in Yorkshire.

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-r1136168, accessed 25 April 2024.