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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > East Anglia, Sussex and Yorkshire 1824 > Brighton and Arundel Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Brighton c.1824

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Brighton’ c.1824
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Recto:
Brighton c.1824
D18359
Turner Bequest CCX 30
Pencil on white wove paper, 75 x 118 mm
Watermarked ‘Smith & [Allnutt] | 18[22]’
Inscribed in pencil by Turner ‘6’ centre right towards top
Inscribed in blue ink by Ruskin ‘30’ top right
Stamped in black ‘CCX 30’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This carefully rendered prospect of Brighton appears to have been taken from the east of the city. The view encompasses the Regency townhouses lining Marine Parade and St Nicholas’ Church which can be seen atop the hill in the distance. Turner scholar Eric Shanes has associated this sketch with Brighthelmston, Sussex, a watercolour engraved for the Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England print series in 1825 (see Tate impression T04421).
For further sketches of Brighton in this book see Tate D18343–D18350, D18353–D18365, D18369–D18371; Turner Bequest CCX 20a–23a, 25a–33a, 35a–36a.

Alice Rylance-Watson
February 2015

How to cite

Alice Rylance-Watson, ‘Brighton c.1824 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, August 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-brighton-r1181244, accessed 24 April 2024.