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 The Château de Dieppe 1845

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Château de Dieppe’ 1845
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 70 Recto:
The Château de Dieppe 1845
D35611
Turner Bequest CCCLXI 70
Pencil on white wove paper, 86 x 111 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Sh]’ towards bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘70’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCCLXI – 70’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The Château de Dieppe is seen high to the south-west. The bastions below the castle are now obscured from this direction by buildings on the Rue de Sygogne. There seems to be a slight continuation to the right on folio 71 recto (D35613); for other views of the castle and town, see under folio 31 recto (D35541).
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, ‘The Château de Dieppe 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-the-chateau-de-dieppe-r1184028, accessed 23 September 2024.