J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A West Country Coast or Estuary with Shipping 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A West Country Coast or Estuary with Shipping’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 122 Recto:
A West Country Coast or Estuary with Shipping 1811
D08594
Turner Bequest CXXIII 119
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘119’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 119’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is little topographical detail to assist in the identification of this West Country view across water to a wide expanse of hillside. Buildings are indicated by the water to the left, with the sails of a large ship towards the centre and the masts of a boat or two towards the right.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A West Country Coast or Estuary with Shipping 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-west-country-coast-or-estuary-with-shipping-r1137071, accessed 16 April 2024.