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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views from the Sea near the Sorrentine Coast, including Vesuvius and a Sunset over Sorrento 1819

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views from the Sea near the Sorrentine Coast, including Vesuvius and a Sunset over Sorrento’ 1819
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Verso:
Views from the Sea near the Sorrentine Coast, including Vesuvius and a Sunset over Sorrento 1819
D15860
Turner Bequest CLXXXV 65 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 189 x 113 mm
Inscribed by the artist in pencil ‘Bay Rio’ bottom centre of centre sketch
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sequence of sketches represents views from the sea of the Sorrentine coast. The uppermost scene depicts a prospect looking north towards Castellammare di Stabia with Vesuvius beyond. In the centre is part of the rocky shoreline with one of the many historic watch-towers situated at intervals all along the waterfront, whilst the bottom drawing shows the sun setting over distant Sorrento. Further views of the peninsula can be seen on folios 60–66 (D15847–D15859; Turner Bequest CLXXXV 59–65)

Nicola Moorby
November 2010

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Views from the Sea near the Sorrentine Coast, including Vesuvius and a Sunset over 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-from-the-sea-near-the-sorrentine-coast-including-r1138329, accessed 20 September 2024.