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 Polruan from Fowey 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Polruan from Fowey’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 13 Verso:
Polruan from Fowey 1811
D08386
Turner Bequest CXXIII 13a
Pencil on white wove printing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Part watermark ‘W Di’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Fowy’ bottom centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The ruined blockhouse at Polruan and remains of St Saviour’s Chapel on the hill above are seen to the south across the harbour from Fowey. For a clearer view see folio 16 verso (D08392) and for others in and around Fowey see under folio 5 verso (D08371).
Technical notes:
Peter Bower reproduces a detail in transmitted light as an example of the watermark of William Dickie, the publisher of Coltman’s British Itinerary, interleaved throughout this book (see the introduction to the sketchbook).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Polruan from Fowey 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-polruan-from-fowey-r1136863, accessed 26 April 2024.