J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Ivy Bridge to Penzance Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Falmouth Harbour 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Falmouth Harbour’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 30 Recto:
Falmouth Harbour 1811
D08908
Turner Bequest CXXV 29
Pencil on white wove paper, 166 x 208 mm
Watermark ‘Fellows | 1808’
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXV – 29’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
From the shore at the south-east end of Falmouth harbour, Arwenack Street recedes on the left towards the tower of the parish church of King Charles the Martyr. The old quay towards the centre survives, but the waterfront in the foreground has since undergone substantial redevelopment, and is now the site of the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, off Cambeltown Way. Turner’s viewpoint can be approximated in various places around the surrounding quays and car parks.
For other views in the area, see under folio 25 verso (D08901; CXXV 24a).
Verso:
Blank. There is some dark spotting.

Matthew Imms
February 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Falmouth Harbour 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-falmouth-harbour-r1137389, accessed 10 May 2024.