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 > Cherbourg, Coutances and Mont St Michel ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Harbour, Normandy 1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Harbour, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Verso:
Harbour, Normandy 1826
D23380
Turner Bequest CCL 24a
Pencil on white laid paper, 91 x 131 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled the centre of this page with a view of harbour-side buildings. The sketch may have been taken on the quays of Granville or Cherbourg. These towns feature on multiple pages in this volume, lists of which are provided in the sketchbook introduction for comparison.

John Chu
May 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Harbour, Normandy 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 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-harbour-normandy-r1185221, accessed 20 September 2024.