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 > Pompeii, Amalfi, &c., Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of the Coast near Sorrento 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of the Coast near Sorrento’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
Views of the Coast near Sorrento 1819
D15857
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 64
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 189 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Sorr’ bottom right of top sketch, ‘Sor’ bottom right of second sketch from bottom, and ‘Sor’ bottom right of bottom sketch
Inscribed by ?John Ruskin in blue ink ‘278’ top right, ascending right-hand edge and ‘64’ top left, ascending left-hand edge
Stamped in black ‘CLXXXV 64’ top right, ascending right-hand edge
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As Turner’s inscriptions indicate the sketches on this page represent various views along the coast near Sorrento. The second and fourth sketches from the top depict the headland of the Punta Capo da Sorrento to the west, whilst the third sketch from the top shows the smoking crater of Vesuvius visible in the distance beyond a steep, sheer cliff. For further views of the Sorrento coastline see folios 61 verso–64 verso and 65 verso–66 verso (D15850–D15856 and D15858–D15860; Turner Bequest CLXXXV 60a–63a and 64a–65a).

Nicola Moorby
November 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Views of the Coast near Sorrento 1819 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, November 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-views-of-the-coast-near-sorrento-r1138326, accessed 19 September 2024.