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 Pendennis Castle; the Coast near Falmouth 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Pendennis Castle; the Coast near Falmouth’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 220 Verso:
Pendennis Castle; the Coast near Falmouth 1811
D08760
Turner Bequest CXXIII 217a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Falmouth | Harb’ towards top left, ‘[?wall]’ towards top centre, ‘[?Sea...]’ towards top right, ‘F’ and ‘[?P]’ centre, and ‘P[...]’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The upper sketch, showing the Cornish coast near Pendennis Castle, south of Falmouth, looking east towards St Mawes, is isolated in the top third of the page by a heavy, irregular line. Across the middle of the page is a profile of the castle, which is repeated in more detail on folio 221 recto opposite (D08761; CXXIII 218).
There appears to be a third drawing below, which may incorporate a simplified profile of the castle in the distance. For other views in and around Falmouth see under folio 7 verso (D08375).
Technical notes:
The heavy ink drawing on the recto (D08759; CXXIII 217) has bled through, disrupting the reading of the drawings on this page.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Pendennis Castle; the Coast near Falmouth 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-pendennis-castle-the-coast-near-falmouth-r1137238, accessed 25 April 2024.