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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mount Edgcumbe and Penlee Point from across Plymouth Sound 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mount Edgcumbe and Penlee Point from across Plymouth Sound’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 62 Recto:
Mount Edgcumbe and Penlee Point from across Plymouth Sound 1813
D09285
Turner Bequest CXXXI 62
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘62’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 62’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, Mount Edgcumbe is on the right, with the coast receding on the left round Cawsand Bay to Penlee Point on the south-western side of Plymouth Sound. The viewpoint is Jennycliff Bay, and the profile of the northern part of Mount Edgcumbe continues on folio 61 verso opposite (D09284). 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.
Verso:
Blank. A large brown stain matches one on folio 63 opposite (D09286).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Mount Edgcumbe and Penlee Point from across Plymouth Sound 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-mount-edgcumbe-and-penlee-point-from-across-plymouth-sound-r1148013, accessed 24 April 2024.