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 Harbour with Shipping; and a View of Bideford 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Harbour with Shipping; and a View of Bideford’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 19 Recto:
A Harbour with Shipping; and a View of Bideford 1811
D08397
Turner Bequest CXXIII 19
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil at right-hand edge, descending vertically
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘19’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 19’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscription, comprising a few words on one line, is all but illegible. It may relate to the draft of poetry on folio 18 verso opposite (D08396). The main drawing is of an unidentified harbour with tall ships’ masts indicated beyond the buildings on the left. Encroaching at right angles at the top left is a ship and shoreline continuing from the view of Bideford squeezed into the space left below the poetry opposite.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Harbour with Shipping; and a View of Bideford 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-harbour-with-shipping-and-a-view-of-bideford-r1136874, accessed 22 September 2024.