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 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dieppe, Normandy 1826

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dieppe, Normandy’ 1826
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 1 Verso:
Dieppe, Normandy 1826
D24078
Turner Bequest CCLV 1a
Pencil on white wove paper, 115 x 182 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Inverted in relation to the sketchbook as foliated, the pencil studies on this page depict scenes of Dieppe including its castle, beach, and roofline. This sketchbook features multiple views of Rouen suggesting that these drawings were also made in Normandy. Turner commenced his 1826 tour of France at this harbour town.1
1
Ian Warrell, Turner on the Loire, exhibition catalogue, Tate Gallery, London 1997, p.28.
Technical Notes:
Slightly torn on the left-hand edge of the page.

John Chu
July 2015

How to cite

John Chu, ‘Dieppe, 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-dieppe-normandy-r1185370, accessed 25 April 2024.