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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Farnley Hall and Yorkshire c.1808-24 > Scarborough 1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Above the North Bay, Scarborough, Looking North c.1816-18

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Above the North Bay, Scarborough, Looking North’ c.1816-18
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 14 Recto:
Above the North Bay, Scarborough, Looking North c.1816–18
D11927
Turner Bequest CL 11
Pencil on white wove paper, 117 x 180 mm
Watermarked ‘... HAYES | [18]12’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Corn’ towards the left
Inscribed by an unknown hand in red ink ‘11’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CL 11’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch records the view from the cliffs above the north bay at Scarborough, near the junction of the present Queen’s Parade and Albert Road, looking north-north-west to Scalby Ness with Long Nab seen directly beyond. The view from the same spot, but looking in a southerly direction, is depicted in another sketch in the sequence (D11929; Turner Bequest CL 12). The sketches are separated in the present pagination, but the connection suggests that the given by Finberg might have corresponded to their original order.

David Hill
September 2008

How to cite

David Hill, ‘Above the North Bay, Scarborough, Looking North c.1816–18 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2008, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-above-the-north-bay-scarborough-looking-north-r1146948, accessed 26 April 2024.