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 Boats in Teignmouth Harbour 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats in Teignmouth Harbour’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 72 Recto:
Boats in Teignmouth Harbour 1811
D08500
Turner Bequest CXXIII 69
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘69’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 69’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The profile of the hill beyond suggests this is a view of Teignmouth harbour from the south. Arthur Ebdon refers to a drawing of ‘fishing boats in the harbour with Haldon Moor [to the north-west] in the background’, presumably the present work, which he also reproduces.1
For other views of Teignmouth see under folio 71 verso opposite (D08499; CXXIII 68a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

1
Ebdon 2005, p.5, reproduced p.8 (colour).

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Boats in Teignmouth Harbour 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-boats-in-teignmouth-harbour-r1136977, accessed 19 April 2024.