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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1836-47 Modern painter > Autumn Tour of Northern France 1845 > Dieppe and Kent Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Channel Harbour with a Lighthouse, Possibly Le Tréport; Groups of Figures 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Channel Harbour with a Lighthouse, Possibly Le Tréport; Groups of Figures’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Verso:
A Channel Harbour with a Lighthouse, Possibly Le Tréport; Groups of Figures 1845
D35584
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 55a
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Fish]’ top left, upside down and ‘[B...]’ top right, upside down
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The study at the bottom shows the entrance to an unidentified harbour, likely on a Channel coast, with sailing boats off a lighthouse; this may be at Le Tréport, of which there is an identified view on the recto (D35583). The view continues on folio 56 recto opposite (D35585). Above, the other way up, are slight figure studies probably made in the area, apparently with the note ‘Fish’, suggesting fishermen or a market.
See the sketchbook’s Introduction for the many 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, ‘A Channel Harbour with a Lighthouse, Possibly Le Tréport; Groups of Figures 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-a-channel-harbour-with-a-lighthouse-possibly-le-treport-r1184003, accessed 20 September 2024.