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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Views of the Coast from the Sea near Dover 1820

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Views of the Coast from the Sea near Dover’ 1820
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 106 Recto:
Views of the Coast from the Sea near Dover 1820
D16888
Turner Bequest CXCIII 105
Pencil on white wove paper, 115 x 94 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘105’ top left, inverted
Stamped in black ‘CXCIII 105’ top left, inverted
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The final leg of Turner’s return journey from Italy took him from Calais to Dover, arriving back in London on 1 February 1820. This page contains several sketches of the coastline from the sea approaching Dover. Some of the compositions spill over onto the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 105 verso (D16887; Turner Bequest CXCIII 104a).

Nicola Moorby
March 2011

How to cite

Nicola Moorby, ‘Views of the Coast from the Sea near Dover 1820 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2011, 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-from-the-sea-near-dover-r1138663, accessed 24 April 2024.