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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of the Coastline at Torregaveta, between Cape Misenum and Cumae 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of the Coastline at Torregaveta, between Cape Misenum and Cumae’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 83 Recto:
Sketches of the Coastline at Torregaveta, between Cape Misenum and Cumae 1819
D15719
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 81
Pencil on white wove paper, 122 x 197 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘281’ top left, inverted and ‘81’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXIV 81’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The two sketches on this page represent views of the rugged stretch of coast near Torregaveta, a village situated near Lake Fusaro between Cape Misenum (Capo Miseno) and Cumae. The vistas look south along the shoreline towards the distant islands of San Martino, Procida and Ischia. For further studies see 82 verso, 83 verso–84, 85 verso, and 91 verso (D15718, D15720–D15721, D15724, and D15736; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 80a, 81a–82, 83a, and 89a).

Nicola Moorby
June 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Sketches of the Coastline at Torregaveta, between Cape Misenum and Cumae 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-sketches-of-the-coastline-at-torregaveta-between-cape-r1138180, accessed 23 September 2024.