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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Morlaise to Nantes Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Nantes, Brittany; Coastal Terrain 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Nantes, Brittany; Coastal Terrain’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 48 Recto:
Nantes, Brittany; Coastal Terrain 1826
D23089
Turner Bequest CCXLVII 48
Pencil on white laid paper, 105 x 167 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘11’, ‘D[...]’, ‘Blue’ top right, descending vertically, ‘Blue’ towards bottom right, descending vertically
Inscribed by John Ruskin in faint red ink ‘48’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCXLVII – 48’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled much of this page with a view along the Rue de Breda Gresset towards theThéâtre Graslin at Nantes. Tate curator Ian Warrell has pointed out that this drawing was probably used as the basis for a colour study; see Tate D24573 (Turner Bequest CCLIX 8).1 The pages of this volume feature many depictions of this Brittany city, a list of which is included in the sketchbook introduction. The right-hand edge of the page also features a coastal view with clouds and sailboats.

John Chu
September 2015

1
Ian Warrell, Turner on the Loire, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1997, p.232.

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Nantes, Brittany; Coastal Terrain 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, September 2015, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, March 2017, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-nantes-brittany-coastal-terrain-r1184917, accessed 11 May 2024.