'A Sailing Boat in Poole Harbour with Corfe Castle Beyond', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Sailing Boat in Poole Harbour with Corfe Castle Beyond

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

D08391

Turner Bequest CXXIII 16

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook

Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 16 Recto:

A Sailing Boat in Poole Harbour with Corfe Castle Beyond 1811

D08391
Turner Bequest CXXIII 16

Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed twice by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ bottom right and bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 16’ bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Turner’s view is south-west from Poole side, with Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour to the left, and Corfe Castle commanding its gap in the ridge of the Purbeck Hills, as also seen in the more distant view on folio 14 recto (D08387). Today there is an unobstructed, closely corresponding view from Labrador Drive, on the shore just east of the town. See the entry for Tate D08826 (Turner Bequest CXXIV 17) in the Corfe to Dartmouth sketchbook for other views of Corfe.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

Read this catalogue entry in full

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