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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > First Italian Tour 1819-20 > Gandolfo to Naples Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Sketches of the Coastline between Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae 1819

Image 1 of 2
Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Sketches of the Coastline between Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 88 Recto:
Sketches of the Coastline between Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae 1819
D15729
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 86
Pencil on white wove paper, 122 x 197 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Grotto [?Negroni]’ bottom right, ascending right-hand edge
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘281’ top left, inverted and ‘86’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXIV 86’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This page contains studies of the coastline between Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae. The two vistas at the bottom and bottom right-hand corner of the page depict the rocky outcrop and grottos of Punta dell’Epitaffio between Baiae and Lake Lucrino. It is the site of some ancient ruins, traditionally believed to the place where Hercules hid the oxen of Geryon during one of his mythic Twelve Labours. The central sketch represents the castle in the Bay of Baiae, whilst above this at the top of the sheet is a view of the distant coast of Pozzuoli, the island of Nisida and the Sorrentine peninsula.

Nicola Moorby
June 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Sketches of the Coastline between Pozzuoli and the Bay of Baiae 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-between-pozzuoli-and-the-bay-of-r1138190, accessed 23 April 2024.