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 A West Country Bay or Estuary 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A West Country Bay or Estuary’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
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A West Country Bay or Estuary 1811
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Turner Bequest CXXIII 55c
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 55c’ top left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is from a wooded bank or headland, with masts apparently indicated to the left of centre and perhaps towards the right, with a cliff in the distance above, but this West Country scene remains unidentified.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A West Country Bay or Estuary 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-a-west-country-bay-or-estuary-r1136949, accessed 20 April 2024.