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 Honicknowle, near Plymouth 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Honicknowle, near Plymouth’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 109 Recto:
Honicknowle, near Plymouth 1813
D09335
Turner Bequest CXXXI 109
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Road’ bottom left, and ‘Honack Knoll’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘109’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 109’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This sketch was made with the page turned horizontally. Honicknowle, indicated by Turner’s ‘Honack Knoll’ is now absorbed in the north-western suburbs of Plymouth, making the establishment of Turner’s viewpoint problematic. The subjects as far as folio 127 recto (D09358) are all identified or presumed sites within a few miles, suggesting a series of fairly short excursions.
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Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Honicknowle, near Plymouth 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-honicknowle-near-plymouth-r1148064, accessed 25 April 2024.