Joseph Mallord William Turner

Hulks, Possibly in the Hamoaze off the Torpoint Peninsula

1814

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Devon Rivers, No.2 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 110 × 178 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D09683
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 12

Catalogue entry

This is one of a number of studies of hulks (decommissioned, dismasted warships) interspersed with topographical sketches in the Hamoaze and lower reaches of the River Tamar north-west of Plymouth Sound between 3 recto and 29 recto (D09671–D09703). Here the hillside in the background may be the Torpoint Peninsula seen from the north, where the confluence of the St Germans or Lynher River with the Tamar forms the Hamoaze.
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Matthew Imms
July 2014

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