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 Polruan Blockhouse and St Saviour's Chapel 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Polruan Blockhouse and St Saviour's Chapel’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 42 Verso:
Polruan Blockhouse and St Saviour’s Chapel 1811
D08442
Turner Bequest CXXIII 42a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Polruan’s ruined blockhouse is seen from the shore of the Fowey Estuary, with the ruined chapel on the hill to the south-east. For other views in and around Fowey see under folio 5 verso (D08371).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Polruan Blockhouse and St Saviour’s Chapel 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-blockhouse-and-st-saviours-chapel-r1136919, accessed 23 September 2024.