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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A Harbour at ?Ghent 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Harbour at ?Ghent’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 163 Recto:
A Harbour at ?Ghent 1826
D18473
Turner Bequest CCX 91
Stamped in black ‘CCX 91’ bottom right
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘Dogs C[...]’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Here Turner depicts a scene at a small harbour, with a sail boat in the foreground, buildings in the middle distance, and carriages at left. The artist makes a note of a ‘Dog’ in the immediate foreground, sitting on the quayside. It may be that Turner depicts Ghent here, given that the view on this leaf’s verso (Tate D18474; Turner Bequest CCX 91a) depicts part of that Flemish city’s profile.
This sheet, and its verso, Tate D18474; Turner Bequest CCX 91a, was originally catalogued and bound by Finberg in the Brighton and Arundel sketchbook of around 1824 (Turner Bequest CCX). The book was then reorganised and rebound at some point after 1909, and this leaf was placed in its current position into the present sketchbook (see the Technical notes section in the sketchbook Introduction).

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘A Harbour at ?Ghent 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-a-harbour-at-ghent-r1174663, accessed 23 April 2024.