'Porlock Bay and the Coast towards Foreland Point', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Porlock Bay and the Coast towards Foreland Point

From Somerset and North Devon Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXXVI

Date 1811

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 200 x 324 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D08958

Turner Bequest CXXVI 12

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Porlock Bay and the Coast towards Foreland Point 1811

D08958
Turner Bequest CXXVI 12

Pencil on white wove paper, 200 x 324 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘w’ on hillside to left, and ‘Beach’ below left of centre
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXVI 12’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The viewpoint is near Bossington, looking west along the beach bordering the marshes north of Porlock to the small harbour at Porlock Weir. The series of headlands along the coast terminates at Foreland Point, some ten miles away, hidden beyond which lie Lynton and Lynmouth, for which see under D08948 (CXXVI 3).

The view towards the coast on D08952 (CXXVI 6) has previously been identified as Porlock, but may show nearby Minehead.

On the verso (D41531) is a slight continuation of a view of Bridgwater Bay.

Technical notes:

There are five sets of stitch holes near the left-hand edge, and a small hole towards the top right with staining around it.

Matthew Imms
January 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.