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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Part of a View of the Bay of Pozzuoli 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Part of a View of the Bay of Pozzuoli’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 91 Recto:
Part of a View of the Bay of Pozzuoli 1819
D15735
Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 89
Pencil on white wove paper, 122 x 197 mm
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘281’ top left, inverted and ‘89’ bottom left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXIV 89’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch represents part of a view of Pozzuoli, an historic port within the Gulf of Naples, approximately eight miles west of the city. The vista looks east along the shoreline of the bay towards the port and the oldest part of the town, the Rione Terra, with its steep cliff. The composition spills over onto the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 90 verso (D15734; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 88a). For other sketches of Pozzuoli see folios 1, 72 verso–73 (D15555, D15698–D15699; Turner Bequest CLXXXIV 1, 70a–71).

Nicola Moorby
June 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Part of a View of the Bay of Pozzuoli 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-part-of-a-view-of-the-bay-of-pozzuoli-r1138196, accessed 24 April 2024.