'Vessels off Plymouth Fort', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Vessels off Plymouth Fort

From Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXXXI

Date c.1812-13

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 158 x 93 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D09287

Turner Bequest CXXXI 64

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook

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coast (3,627)

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Geographic location

British Isles

Southern England

Devon

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks from the 1810s

Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest