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 Sailing Boat in Looe Bay 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Boat in Looe Bay’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 118 Verso:
A Sailing Boat in Looe Bay 1811
D08588
Turner Bequest CXXIII 115a
Pencil on white wove printing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Looe’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight sketch probably shows the rocky cliffs to the east of Looe’s harbour, looking eastwards. For other views, see under folio 115 verso (D08582; CXXIII 112a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Sailing Boat in Looe Bay 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-sailing-boat-in-looe-bay-r1137065, accessed 26 April 2024.