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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Distant View of Dieppe 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Distant View of Dieppe’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 255 Verso:
Distant View of Dieppe 1824
D20039
Turner Bequest CCXVI 248 a
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
These two sketches may in fact be intended to be viewed as one wide-angled prospect. The location is Dieppe, and its most famous landmarks are rendered clearly in profile in the lowermost ‘section’ of the panorama. Visible at centre is the Château de Dieppe (see Tate D20038; Turner Bequest CCXVI 248), the dome and tower of Saint-Jacques Church, and the same cylindrical tower with flag as is depicted on Tate D20035; Turner Bequest CCXVI 246a. The uppermost sketch depicts cliffs on the coast and a stretch of headland beyond.
Technical notes:
There is some foxing of the paper at right.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Distant View of 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-distant-view-of-dieppe-r1174834, accessed 25 April 2024.