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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Trees on a Hill ?near Trematon Castle 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees on a Hill ?near Trematon Castle’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Verso:
Trees on a Hill ?near Trematon Castle 1813
D09261
Turner Bequest CXXXI 41a
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Along with the other sketches between folio 36 recto (D09255) and folio 43 recto (D09263), this may have been made in the vicinity of Trematon Castle, above the St Germans or Lynher River west of the River Tamar and Plymouth. The subjects as far as folio 127 recto (D09358) are all identified or presumed sites within a few miles in and around Plymouth, suggesting a series of fairly short excursions.
In addition to the main drawing, made with the page turned horizontally, there is a slight continuation of treetops from the drawing ‘below’ on folio 42 recto opposite (D09262).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Trees on a Hill ?near Trematon Castle 1813 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-trees-on-a-hill-near-trematon-castle-r1147989, accessed 18 April 2024.