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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Sailing Boat in Poole Harbour with Corfe Castle Beyond 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Boat in Poole Harbour with Corfe Castle Beyond’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 16 Recto:
A Sailing Boat in Poole Harbour with Corfe Castle Beyond 1811
D08391
Turner Bequest CXXIII 16
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed twice by John Ruskin in red ink ‘16’ bottom right and bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 16’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s view is south-west from Poole side, with Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour to the left, and Corfe Castle commanding its gap in the ridge of the Purbeck Hills, as also seen in the more distant view on folio 14 recto (D08387). Today there is an unobstructed, closely corresponding view from Labrador Drive, on the shore just east of the town. See the entry for Tate D08826 (Turner Bequest CXXIV 17) in the Corfe to Dartmouth sketchbook for other views of Corfe.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Sailing Boat in Poole Harbour with Corfe Castle Beyond 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-sailing-boat-in-poole-harbour-with-corfe-castle-beyond-r1136868, accessed 25 April 2024.