'The Coast around Boscastle from near Beeny', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

The Coast around Boscastle from near Beeny

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

D08806

Turner Bequest CXXIII 250

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 253 Recto:

The Coast around Boscastle from near Beeny 1811

D08806
Turner Bequest CXXIII 250

Pencil on white laid paper, 75 x 117 mm
Watermark ‘17 8’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[... | ?Tr... | Tintagel | Padstow]’ top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘250’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 250’ top right, ascending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The view appears to be to the south-west along the Cornish coast from south of Beeny on the road out of Boscastle (see folio 185 recto; D08705; CXXIII 182) towards Bude (see under folio 4 recto; D08368), making the tower near the centre the lookout above Boscastle’s harbour. Turner’s inscription may indicate ‘Tintagel’ and ‘Padstow’. Tintagel (see the contemporary Cornwall and Devon sketchbook, under Tate D41284; Turner Bequest CXXV a 90) is about three miles beyond Boscastle, with Padstow (see the same sketchbook, under Tate D41306; Turner Bequest CXXV a 30) about twelve miles further again.

There is a similar view on folio 252 verso opposite (D08805; CXXIII 249a).

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.