J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Quay with a Sailing Boat and a Hulk on a River or Estuary, Perhaps the Hamoaze 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Quay with a Sailing Boat and a Hulk on a River or Estuary, Perhaps the Hamoaze’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 211 Recto:
A Quay with a Sailing Boat and a Hulk on a River or Estuary, Perhaps the Hamoaze 1811
D08742
Turner Bequest CXXIII 208
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘208’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 208’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view was perhaps drawn from the same spot as that on its verso (D08743; CXXIII 208a); if so, it is possibly continuous with the latter, where Turner looked further to the left. The location may be on or around the lower Tamar, as Finberg suggested, or the Hamoaze (the Tamar Estuary). For other views in the Plymouth area, see under folio 3 verso (D08367).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Quay with a Sailing Boat and a Hulk on a River or Estuary, Perhaps the Hamoaze 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-quay-with-a-sailing-boat-and-a-hulk-on-a-river-or-estuary-r1137220, accessed 26 April 2024.