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 Christchurch and the Isle of Wight 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Christchurch and the Isle of Wight’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 32 Recto:
Christchurch and the Isle of Wight 1811
D08421
Turner Bequest CXXIII 32
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Part watermark ‘Sm | 17’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘XC’ bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘32’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 32’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
From south-west of Christchurch, Turner looks east, with Christchurch Priory on the left and what appears to be Hengistbury Head on the right, enclosing Christchurch Harbour, beyond which the Isle of Wight may be indicated in the distance. The viewpoint is difficult to establish owing to later developments on the fringes of the Bournemouth conurbation, but the various features can be seen from the open land east of Southbourne. For other sketches made around Christchurch see under folio 22 recto (D08403).
Turner presumably travelled westwards from here towards Poole, although drawings of the latter appear a little earlier in this book, on folios 14 recto and 16 recto (D08387, D08391).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Christchurch and the Isle of Wight 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-christchurch-and-the-isle-of-wight-r1136898, accessed 26 April 2024.