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 Mooring on the Truro River near St Michael Penkivel 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?A Mooring on the Truro River near St Michael Penkivel’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 109 Recto:
?A Mooring on the Truro River near St Michael Penkivel 1811
D08570
Turner Bequest CXXIII 106
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘St M [...] Tregothnan [?St ...]’ along top edge, and ‘St Michaels’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘106’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 106’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The hamlet of St Michael Penkivel and the adjacent Tregothnan Park, apparently indicate by Turner’s inscriptions, stand above the east bank of the Truro River north of its confluence with the Fal. The viewpoint has not been established but is presumably in their neighbourhood, of which the scenery shown here is characteristic. There is what seems to be another view on the Truro or the Fal on folio 129 verso (D08608; CXXIII 126a).
There is a separate sketch of a coast or river bank with a tower or spire at the top right.
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Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?A Mooring on the Truro River near St Michael Penkivel 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-mooring-on-the-truro-river-near-st-michael-penkivel-r1137047, accessed 19 April 2024.