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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Windmills and a Tower on a Channel Coast 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Windmills and a Tower on a Channel Coast’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 7 Recto:
Windmills and a Tower on a Channel Coast 1845
D35499
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 7
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Partial watermark ‘W K | 1’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘7’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXI – 7’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This rapid study shows the sails of three windmills together with other structures, perhaps on the Channel coast near Folkestone (see under folio 5 verso; D35496). There is a more distant view on folio 6 verso opposite (D35498); see the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many slight coastal views scattered through it.
Technical notes:
There is some brown staining at the gutter, possibly indicating water damage in the 1928 Tate flood.

Matthew Imms
September 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Windmills and a Tower on a Channel Coast 1845 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-windmills-and-a-tower-on-a-channel-coast-r1183924, accessed 09 May 2024.