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 Polruan Blockhouse, with St Catherine's Castle, Fowey, in the Distance 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Polruan Blockhouse, with St Catherine's Castle, Fowey, in the Distance’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 46 Verso:
Polruan Blockhouse, with St Catherine’s Castle, Fowey, in the Distance 1811
D08450
Turner Bequest CXXIII 46a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Part watermark ‘Sm | 17’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?P...n]’ top left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is to the south-west from the Polruan side of the Fowey Estuary. There seems to be a word inscribed at the top left, which probably indicates Polruan as the subject. There are similar views on the folio 47 recto opposite (D08451). For other views in and around Fowey see under folio 5 verso (D08371).
Technical notes:
Peter Bower reproduces the page as a ‘transmitted light detail and look-through’, showing the part of the watermark found on the blank sheets of writing paper interleaved between the sheets printing paper carrying the engraved text of Coltman’s British Itinerary through most of this book (see the introduction to the sketchbook).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Polruan Blockhouse, with St Catherine’s Castle, Fowey, in the Distance 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-polruan-blockhouse-with-st-catherines-castle-fowey-in-the-r1136927, accessed 26 April 2024.