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 Penryn 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Penryn’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 112 Recto:
Penryn 1811
D08575
Turner Bequest CXXIII 109
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Penryn’ bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘109’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 109’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view towards Falmouth on folio 111 verso opposite (D08574; CXXIII 108a) was probably made from the same spot or nearby. Extensive later development makes the viewpoint for this sketch of the Cornish port uncertain. A sketch on folio 251 recto (D08802; CXXIII 248) is also inscribed ‘Penryn’.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Penryn 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-penryn-r1137052, accessed 23 April 2024.