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 Hulks, Possibly in the Hamoaze off the Torpoint Peninsula 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hulks, Possibly in the Hamoaze off the Torpoint Peninsula’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
Hulks, Possibly in the Hamoaze off the Torpoint Peninsula 1814
D09683
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 12
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘12’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 12’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is one of a number of studies of hulks (decommissioned, dismasted warships) interspersed with topographical sketches in the Hamoaze and lower reaches of the River Tamar north-west of Plymouth Sound between 3 recto and 29 recto (D09671–D09703). Here the hillside in the background may be the Torpoint Peninsula seen from the north, where the confluence of the St Germans or Lynher River with the Tamar forms the Hamoaze.
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Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Hulks, Possibly in the Hamoaze off the Torpoint Peninsula 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-hulks-possibly-in-the-hamoaze-off-the-torpoint-peninsula-r1147234, accessed 26 April 2024.