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 The Polruan Blockhouse and St Catherine's Castle, Fowey 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Polruan Blockhouse and St Catherine's Castle, Fowey’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 29 Verso:
The Polruan Blockhouse and St Catherine’s Castle, Fowey 1811
D08416
Turner Bequest CXXIII 29a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The Polruan blockhouse is on the left, with St Catherine’s Castle in the distance on the right south-west across Fowey’s harbour. Above is a separate sketch which may be a continuation to the right of the main drawing, showing the blockhouse on the Fowey side. This upper section appears to be repeated in more detail on folio 31 recto (D08419). For other views in and around Fowey see under folio 5 verso (D08371).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Polruan Blockhouse and St Catherine’s Castle, Fowey 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-the-polruan-blockhouse-and-st-catherines-castle-fowey-r1136893, accessed 24 September 2024.