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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Naples, Paestum and Rome Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Capri, from the Coastline of Posillipo near Marechiaro 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Capri, from the Coastline of Posillipo near Marechiaro’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Verso:
Capri, from the Coastline of Posillipo near Marechiaro 1819
D16052
Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 72 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Vine’ within lower left of sketch, and ‘Green’ below horizon in centre of sketch, and ‘Rosmary’ within lower right of sketch
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner made a thorough exploration of the picturesque Posillipo coastline to the west of Naples. This view depicts the distant silhouette of the island of Capri from the rugged cliffs near Marechiaro. For similar sketches see folios 68 and 80 verso (D16039 and D16064; Turner Bequest CLXXXVI 66 and 78a).

Nicola Moorby
August 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Capri, from the Coastline of Posillipo near Marechiaro 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, August 2010, 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-capri-from-the-coastline-of-posillipo-near-marechiaro-r1137976, accessed 26 April 2024.