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 Plymouth from the East 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Plymouth from the East’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Recto:
Plymouth from the East 1813
D09311
Turner Bequest CXXXI 86
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Watermark ‘Ivy’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘86’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 86’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, Plymouth is seen from the countryside to its east, with the Citadel silhouetted against afternoon light at the centre and Mount Edgcumbe across Plymouth Sound beyond. 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.
Technical notes:
A dark brown, linear stain at the top is offset from folio 85 verso opposite (verso of D09310).
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Plymouth from the East 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-plymouth-from-the-east-r1148039, accessed 20 April 2024.