Joseph Mallord William Turner

?The Exe Estuary or a West Country Coastline with Boats

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
D08489
Turner Bequest CXXIII 63 a

Catalogue entry

The small buildings on the left and trees beyond may be along the low-lying west bank of the Exe Estuary, looking east towards Exmouth. There are views in the neighbourhood on adjacent pages (folios 67 recto and verso, 69 recto and verso; D08490, D08491, D08494, D08495; CXXIII 64, 64a, 66, 66a) and what appears to be a sketch of nearby Powderham Castle on the recto (D08488).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

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