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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1830-35 Annual tourist > Northern France 1832 > Seine and Paris Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Lighthouses at Cap de la Hève, Normandy 1832

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Lighthouses at Cap de la Hève, Normandy’ 1832
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 90 Recto:
Lighthouses at Cap de la Hève, Normandy 1832
D24059
Turner Bequest CCLIV 90
Pencil on white wove paper, 174 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘90’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ink ‘CCLIV – 90’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner recorded several views taken from atop high cliffs on this page. The two lighthouses at the centre of the page locate the scene at the Cap de la Hève in Normandy which guided ships to the nearby port of Le Havre. A list of pages in the sketchbook featuring Le Havre and Cap de la Hève is provided in the entry for folio 48 recto (D23975; Turner Bequest CCLIV 48).

John Chu
July 2014

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Lighthouses at Cap de la Hève, Normandy 1832 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, April 2015, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-lighthouses-at-cap-de-la-heve-normandy-r1173464, accessed 19 September 2024.