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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Cliffs; Also Female Figure 1834

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cliffs; Also Female Figure’ 1834
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Verso:
Cliffs; Also Female Figure 1834
D26257
Turner Bequest CCLXVIII 86a
Pencil on white wove paper, 111 x 181 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn across the top of the page are two sketches of coastal cliffs with a lighthouse (top left), windmills (centre of each sketch) and other buildings. The location of this stretch of coast has not been determined. There are similar sketches of cliffs scattered throughout the sketchbook. For examples, see folios 2 verso, 71 and 81 verso (D26098, D26229, D26248). Beneath these sketches, drawn with the book turned to the right, is a quick sketch of a female figure, either wearing a large hat or perhaps carrying something on her head.

Thomas Ardill
January 2011

How to cite

Thomas Ardill, ‘Cliffs; Also Female Figure 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-cliffs-also-female-figure-r1136185, accessed 25 April 2024.