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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Group of Figures at Dieppe 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Group of Figures at Dieppe’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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Group of Figures at Dieppe 1824
D19983
Turner Bequest CCXVI 220 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch shows a group of locals at Dieppe, probably encountered by Turner has he sketched the harbour and its environs. Two children carry large baskets on their backs, possibly filled with fish to sell. For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19968–D19982, D19984–D2001, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 211–220, 221–236, 244a–245a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Group of Figures 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-group-of-figures-at-dieppe-r1174778, accessed 25 April 2024.