J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
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 Church between Hills, ?with a Bay Beyond 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A West Country Church between Hills, ?with a Bay Beyond’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 104 Recto:
A West Country Church between Hills, ?with a Bay Beyond 1811
D08560
Turner Bequest CXXIII 101
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘101’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 101’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject is unidentified, but the hilly scenery suggests South Devon, with a church tower and what may be another building a little to its left only summarily indicated. The distance is indistinct, but appears to indicate a coastline on the horizon across a bay.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A West Country Church between Hills, ?with a Bay Beyond 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-church-between-hills-with-a-bay-beyond-r1137037, accessed 23 April 2024.