'A Sailing Boat in Looe Bay', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Sailing Boat in Looe Bay

From Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXXIII

Date 1811

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 75 x 117 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D08588

Turner Bequest CXXIII 115 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 118 Verso:

A Sailing Boat in Looe Bay 1811

D08588
Turner Bequest CXXIII 115a

Pencil on white wove printing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Looe’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This slight sketch probably shows the rocky cliffs to the east of Looe’s harbour, looking eastwards. For other views, see under folio 115 verso (D08582; CXXIII 112a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Southern England

Cornwall

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1810s

Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest

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