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 Hilly West Country Landscape ?with the Tents of a Military Camp 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Hilly West Country Landscape ?with the Tents of a Military Camp’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 208 Verso:
A Hilly West Country Landscape ?with the Tents of a Military Camp 1811
D08738
Turner Bequest CXXIII 205a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Although there are various sketches of the naval shipping and hulks moored around Plymouth (see under folio 3 verso (D08367)) in this sketchbook, there are few indications of any military presence. The triangular outlines here may be of conical bell tents, possibly in an encampment on open ground, although they appear rather widely dispersed. There are similar silhouettes on folio 210 verso (D08741; CXXIII 207a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Hilly West Country Landscape ?with the Tents of a Military Camp 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-hilly-west-country-landscape-with-the-tents-of-a-military-r1137216, accessed 23 April 2024.