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 Plymouth: The Citadel beyond the Charles Church and St Andrew's Church 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Plymouth: The Citadel beyond the Charles Church and St Andrew's Church’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 201 Verso:
Plymouth: The Citadel beyond the Charles Church and St Andrew’s Church 1811
D08727
Turner Bequest CXXIII 198a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The tower of St Andrew’s and the spire of the Charles Church are seen from the north against the bulky silhouette of the Citadel, with Plymouth Harbour beyond. The tower at Mount Batten is indicated at the left-hand edge and Mount Edgcumbe rises in the distance on the right. The viewpoint is the Mutley district of the city, then open country but now so densely built up that an equivalent view is unobtainable. For other Plymouth views in this sketchbook and elsewhere, see under folio 3 verso (D08367).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Plymouth: The Citadel beyond the Charles Church and St Andrew’s Church 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-plymouth-the-citadel-beyond-the-charles-church-and-st-r1137205, accessed 25 April 2024.