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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Coast, near Hythe c.1821-2

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Coast, near Hythe’ c.1821-2
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 60 Recto:
The Coast, near Hythe c.1821–2
D17306
Turner Bequest CXCVIII 60
Pencil on white wove paper, 113 x 187 mm
Stamped in black ‘CXCVIII – 60’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
As suggested by Finberg in his entry for this page, Turner seems here to turn his perspective towards the west, taking in the Kent coastline as it carries on from Hythe to Dungeness.1 It is possible that this sketch offers an alternative perspective from the viewpoint adopted on the facing page, folio 59 verso (D17305). That is to say, the latter observes the prospect towards the east, and the present page records the view to the west.

Maud Whatley
January 2016

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Finberg 1909, I, p.606.

How to cite

Maud Whatley, ‘The Coast, near Hythe c.1821–2 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, February 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-the-coast-near-hythe-r1184580, accessed 26 April 2024.