Joseph Mallord William Turner

A West Country Coast or Estuary with Shipping

1811

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 75 × 117 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D08594
Turner Bequest CXXIII 119

Catalogue entry

There is little topographical detail to assist in the identification of this West Country view across water to a wide expanse of hillside. Buildings are indicated by the water to the left, with the sails of a large ship towards the centre and the masts of a boat or two towards the right.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

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