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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Dieppe Harbour 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dieppe Harbour’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 240 Recto:
Dieppe Harbour 1824
D20008
Turner Bequest CCXVI 233
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘233’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–233’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner renders this study of Dieppe in striking detail, recording the houses and buildings which line the quayside and the lower reaches of cliffs. A jumble of fishing baskets and creels can be seen at bottom left, and beyond a small group of figures near the water’s edge. For other views of Dieppe in this sketchbook see Tate D19959, D19966, D19968–D19996, D19998–D20007, D20009–D20014, D20031–D20033; Turner Bequest CCXVI 205, 209a, 211–227, 228–232a, 233a–236, 244a–245a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Dieppe Harbour 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-harbour-r1174803, accessed 19 September 2024.