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 Looe Bay and Whitesand Bay from East Looe 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Looe Bay and Whitesand Bay from East Looe’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 114 Verso:
Looe Bay and Whitesand Bay from East Looe 1811
D08580
Turner Bequest CXXIII 111a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
From the cliffs outside East Looe, Turner records the full sweep of the coast along Looe Bay to the east, leading on to Whitesand Bay to the south-east, and terminating at Rame Head, south of Plymouth, some ten miles away. Such is the extent of the vista that it is split into two, with the continuation into the distance running along the bottom edge.
There is a view in the opposite direction on folio 115 verso (D08582; CXXIII 112a), under which other views in the area are discussed.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Looe Bay and Whitesand Bay from East Looe 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-looe-bay-and-whitesand-bay-from-east-looe-r1137057, accessed 25 April 2024.