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 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Charmouth’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 49 Recto:
?Charmouth 1811
D08455
Turner Bequest CXXIII 49
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘49’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 49’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Howard Hanley identifies the view as of Bridport (West Bay), relating it to the previous drawing in this book, on folio 47 verso (D08452) as the sources for the Southern Coast watercolour Bridport, Dorsetshire circa 1818 (Bury Art Gallery and Museum).1 However, the profile of the distant cliff drawn here is less steep, and conforms closely to that shown in a more precise view, identified by Hanley as Charmouth (albeit inscribed ‘Bridport’), about seven miles to the west, in the larger Corfe to Dartmouth sketchbook (Tate D08840; Turner Bequest CXXIV 29).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

1
Wilton 1979, p.353 no.465, reproduced.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Charmouth 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-r1136932, accessed 20 September 2024.