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 Bude Beach 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Bude Beach’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 24 Verso:
Bude Beach 1811
D08407
Turner Bequest CXXIII 24a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Bude’ top right, and ‘Sand [?coal cart Horses]’ bottom centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s inscription is not entirely clear, but does seem to be ‘Bude’, suggesting that the view is north-west to the sea across Bude Haven. The boats at the left appear to be beached, with figures nearby. The note below presumably has to do with activities and cargoes connected with the site. There are similar notes on folio 4 recto (D08368), which may show jagged rocks at Bude or nearby. There are other views of the Bude area in the contemporary Cornwall and Devon sketchbook (Tate D41311, D41312, D41318, D41345, D41352; Turner Bequest CXXV a 35, 35a, 40, 63, 70).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Bude Beach 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-bude-beach-r1136884, accessed 26 April 2024.