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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Erotica and Improvisations c.1834-6 > Fishing at the Weir Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Harbour c.1834-6

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Harbour’ c.1834-6
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 34 Recto:
A Harbour c.1834–6
D27788
Turner Bequest CCLXXXI 34
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 101 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘34’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXXI – 34’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the slight sketch of a skyline at the top continues across folio 33 verso opposite (D27787). The buildings or structures suggest a harbour, as yet unidentified. There are various studies of fishermen, fish markets and coastal views in the sketchbook, particularly on adjacent pages at this end, as set out in the Introduction.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Harbour c.1834–6 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 2014, 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-a-harbour-r1149147, accessed 19 September 2024.