Joseph Mallord William Turner

Shipping in Plymouth Sound with Mount Edgcumbe, the Citadel and Mount Batten Beyond

1811

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Artist: Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of: Ivy Bridge to Penzance Sketchbook
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions: Support: 166 × 208 mm
Collection: Tate
Acquisition: Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference: D08874
Turner Bequest CXXV 9

Catalogue entry

The view is to the north-east from the coast between Cawsand and Penlee Point, looking across Plymouth Sound. What appears to be the Citadel is just visible as a thin rectangle near the centre, beyond the steep profile of Mount Edgcumbe, with the tower at Mount Batten is a little to the right. The view to the south-east on folio 11 recto (D08875; CXXV 10) was made from the same spot or nearby.

This is one of a series of sketches of Plymouth and nearby districts, running from folio 3 recto (D08866; CXXV 2) to folio 14 recto (D08880; CXXV 13); see the entry for the first of these for other Plymouth views.

Verso:

Blank, save for slight offsetting from the drawing on folio 11 recto opposite (D08875).

Matthew Imms
February 2011

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