Joseph Mallord William Turner

Cliffs Seen through Trees, Probably in South Devon

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
D08459
Turner Bequest CXXIII 51

Catalogue entry

Although the order of subjects in this sketchbook does not always reflect a direct topographical sequence, this drawing, along with those on folios 52 verso and 54 recto (D08462, D08465; CXXIII 51c, 53), falls among identified views in West Dorset and the adjacent coast of South Devon, suggesting that they were made in the latter area. There is some resemblance here to the view to the west over Budleigh Salterton, although the cliffs do not seem distant enough.
Technical notes:
There is some offsetting from the ink inscription on the opposite page, folio 50 verso (D08458).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

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