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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Houses at Dieppe 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Houses at Dieppe’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 220 Recto:
Houses at Dieppe 1824
D19971
Turner Bequest CCXVI 213
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Watermark ‘smith & [allnut] | 18[22]’
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘213’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–213’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These sketches show aspects of the quayside and harbour at Dieppe. The roughly rendered view at top left clearly depicts the dome of Saint-Jacques, the city’s principal church. For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19968–D19970, D19972–D20014, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 211–212a, 213a–236, 244a–245a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Houses at Dieppe 1824 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-houses-at-dieppe-r1174766, accessed 25 April 2024.