Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
Folkestone Harbour and Coast to Dover
Date:
ca. 1829
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 3/8 x 17 7/8in. (28.9 x 45.4cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper center: "+"; in graphite, verso, center: "Cou <...> Har <...>"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4701
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | shovels | sailboats | coast | harbour | cliffs | beaches | men | sailors
Associated Places:
Europe | English Channel | United Kingdom | England | Dover | Folkestone | Kent | Dover, Strait of
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)

The Romantic Landscape Prints - The Chiaroscuro of Nature (Yale Center for British Art, 2002-09-25 - 2002-12-29)

Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)

Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (Yale Center for British Art, 1987-06-10 - 1987-08-02)

Masters of the Sea - British Marine Watercolors (National Maritime Museum, 2005-08-25 - 2005-10-25)

Presences of Nature - British Landscape 1780-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 1982-10-20 - 1983-02-27)

English Landscape (Paul Mellon Collection) 1630-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 1977-04-19 - 1977-07-17)
Publications:
Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 21-22, no. 65, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)

Roger Quarm, Masters of the sea : British marine watercolours, , Phaidon, Oxford, UK, 1987, pp. 56-57, 93, no. 88, pl. 24, ND2272 G7 Q73 (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 396, no. 826, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5490