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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1819-29 Italy and after > Northern France c.1826-32 > Rouen, Le Havre, Caen, Bayeux and Isigny ... > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Luc-sur-Mer, Normandy 1826

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Luc-sur-Mer, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 8 Recto:
Luc-sur-Mer, Normandy 1826
D23471
Turner Bequest CCLI 8
Pencil on white wove paper, 83 x 122 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Luc’ centre, descending vertically
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘8’ top left, descending vertically, ‘199’ top right descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CCLI 8’ top right, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner filled this page with a study of sailboats moored at harbour. A pencil note at the centre of the page locates the scene to the Normandy seaside town of Luc-sur-Mer.

John Chu
July 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Luc-sur-Mer, Normandy 1826 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-luc-sur-mer-normandy-r1185314, accessed 25 April 2024.