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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cliffs and the Harbour, Folkestone 1845

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cliffs and the Harbour, Folkestone’ 1845
Folio 15 Recto:
Cliffs and the Harbour, Folkestone 1845
D35289
Turner Bequest CCCLIV 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 72 x 111 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ?[‘Folkestone]’ centre right
Inscribed in red ink ‘15’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CCCLIV – 5’ top left, upside down
Turner has inverted the sketchbook relative to its present foliation to capture this outline view of Folkstone’s harbour and cliffs, looking east along the coast. Along the bottom of the sketch he appears to have written ‘Folkestone’, though the scrawled inscription is difficult to decipher precisely.
Technical Notes:
There is a dent in the left-hand edge, measuring 1mm in diameter.

Amy Concannon
May 2025

How to cite

Amy Concannon, ‘Cliffs and the Harbour, Folkestone 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/cliffs-and-the-harbour-folkestone-r1214199, accessed 11 July 2026.