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

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

Joseph Mallord William Turner Charmouth from Inland 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Charmouth from Inland’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Verso:
Charmouth from Inland 1811
D08412
Turner Bequest CXXIII 27a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This view seems to be of Charmouth from the Bridport road, looking south-west past Stonebarrow Hill on the left in the direction of the coast and Lyme Regis. A more detailed, though still relatively slight drawing in the Corfe to Dartmouth sketchbook (Tate D08839; Turner Bequest CXXIV 28), inscribed ‘Charmouth | and Lyme’, appears to show much the same view.
The drawing on folio 49 recto (D08455) appears to show Charmouth beach. For Bridport see folios 7 verso and 47 verso (D08375, D08452); there are a also number of views of Lyme Regis, beginning on folio 36 recto (D08429).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Charmouth from Inland 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-charmouth-from-inland-r1136889, accessed 19 September 2024.