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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner

Joseph Mallord William Turner Dover Castle from Shakespeare Cliff 1845

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dover Castle from Shakespeare Cliff’ 1845
Folio 12 Recto:
Dover Castle from Shakespeare Cliff 1845
D35283
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 12
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 111 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘12’ bottom right (smudged)
Stamped in black ‘CCCLIV – 12’ bottom right
This sketch is a continuation from folio 11 verso opposite (D35282). Turner is positioned on the Western Height cliff, with the curvature of the bay spreading out below. At the top right Turner has swiftly sketched a pair of cliff profiles, inverted in relation to the main drawing.

Amy Concannon
May 2025

How to cite

Amy Concannon, ‘Dover Castle from Shakespeare Cliff 1845’, catalogue entry, May 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, July 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/dover-castle-from-shakespeare-cliff-r1214193, accessed 11 July 2026.