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 Buildings and Cliffs on a Coastline c.1834-6

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Buildings and Cliffs on a Coastline’ c.1834-6
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Recto:
Buildings and Cliffs on a Coastline c.1834–6
D27790
Turner Bequest CCLXXXI 35
Pencil on white wove paper, 79 x 101 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘35’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCLXXXI – 35’ top left, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, the two landscape sketches here, one above the other, are continuations from folio 34 verso opposite (D27789); the subjects appear to be low coastlines with buildings and cliffs; the location or locations are as yet undetermined. 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.
Technical notes:
There is heavy staining, which appears to stem from proximity to the leather overlaps and brass clasp inside the back cover (D40748), perhaps made worse by damp at some stage.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Buildings and Cliffs on a Coastline 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-buildings-and-cliffs-on-a-coastline-r1149149, accessed 25 April 2024.