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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Saltash with Shipping in the Hamoaze 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Saltash with Shipping in the Hamoaze’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
?Saltash with Shipping in the Hamoaze 1814
D09682
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 11
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘11’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 11’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a number of studies of hulks and other shipping interspersed with topographical sketches in the Hamoaze and lower reaches of the River Tamar north-west of Plymouth Sound between folios 3 recto and 30 recto (D09671, D09704). Here the skyline in the background appears to be that of Saltash, seen from the south. For other views a little later in the sketchbook, see under folio 26 recto (D09698).
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Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Saltash with Shipping in the Hamoaze 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-saltash-with-shipping-in-the-hamoaze-r1147233, accessed 25 April 2024.