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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dieppe 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dieppe’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 235 Recto:
Dieppe 1824
D19998
Turner Bequest CCXVI 228
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘[?T/F]’ centre towards top, ‘W’ centre, ‘R’ centre towards bottom left, ‘B’ centre, ‘[?T/F]’ centre towards right, ‘V’, ‘Y’, ‘B’, ‘B’, ‘W’, ‘R’, ‘R’, W’ rear centre to right
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘228’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–228’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch clearly depicts the quayside at Dieppe, with a bridge at left and the distinctive dome and tower of the city’s Eglise Saint-Jacques rising above the rooftops at right. Colour notes have been jotted down as initial capitals, with ‘W’ standing for white, for example.
For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19968–D19996, D19999–D20014, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 211–227, 228a–236, 244a–245a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘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-dieppe-r1174793, accessed 26 April 2024.