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 ?Granville, Normandy 1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Granville, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Recto:
?Granville, Normandy 1826
D23445
Turner Bequest CCL 57
Pencil on white laid paper, 91 x 131 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘?Granville’ towards bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘57’ top right, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCL – 57’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the sketchbook turned horizontally, Turner filled this page with studies of coastal scenery with buildings. A note towards the bottom left-hand corner of the page suggests that the drawings were taken in the landscape around the town of Granville on the west coast of the Cotentin Peninsular in Normandy. This site features on multiple pages in this volume, a list of which is provided in the sketchbook introduction for comparison.
 

John Chu
May 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘?Granville, 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-granville-normandy-r1185286, accessed 21 September 2024.