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 West Country Town by a River 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A West Country Town by a River’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 126 Verso:
A West Country Town by a River 1811
D08602
Turner Bequest CXXIII 123a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With a church tower and distinctive buildings on the right and what appears to be a river with a bridge and boats on the left, this townscape remains unidentified, but may be in South Devon or Cornwall.
Technical notes:
There are ink blots showing through from the recto of the leaf (D08601; CXXIII 123), themselves offset from the previous page, folio 125 verso (D08600; CXXIII 122a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A West Country Town by a River 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-town-by-a-river-r1137079, accessed 26 April 2024.