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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?View of Calais 1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?View of Calais’ 1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 274 Recto:
?View of Calais 1824
D20074
Turner Bequest CCXVI 267
Pencil on white wove paper, 78 x 118 mm
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘267’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCXVI–267’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This roughly rendered sketch appears to show a coastal scene, with a possible harbour in the foreground. The arced lines above the view may represent a rainbow. Turner’s handling here is almost identical to a very slight sketch of Calais on folio 268 verso (Tate D20077; Turner Bequest CCXVI 268a). It may be that the artist depicts the same harbour in this sketch.

Alice Rylance-Watson
June 2014

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘?View of Calais 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-view-of-calais-r1174869, accessed 26 April 2024.