'The Devon Coast near Dawlish', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

The Devon Coast near Dawlish

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

D08498

Turner Bequest CXXIII 68

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 71 Recto:

The Devon Coast near Dawlish 1811

D08498
Turner Bequest CXXIII 68

Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Daw’ bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘68’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 68’ bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The viewpoint appears to be on or near the Exeter road between Dawlish Warren and Dawlish, looking south-west across Babbacombe Bay to Hope’s Nose near Torquay, as discussed under another view of the coast on folio 67 verso (D08491; CXXIII 64a).

The Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast did not include a view of Dawlish by Turner, but rather a vignette, engraved in 1820 after Luke Clennell, showing the cliffs near the town (Tate impressions: T05374, T05375; see the introduction to Turner’s 1811 West Country tour). Dawlish is mentioned in Turner’s poetry on folio 164 verso (D08670; CXXIII 161a).

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.