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 Fowey and Polruan from the Estuary 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Fowey and Polruan from the Estuary’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 49 Verso:
Fowey and Polruan from the Estuary 1811
D08456
Turner Bequest CXXIII 49a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Fowey’ bottom centre
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is from the east side of the Fowey Estuary in the Bodinnick area, looking south-east past St Fimbarrus’s Church, Fowey, on the right towards the Polruan blockhouse at the centre with St Saviour’s Chapel crowning the hill overlooking the sea beyond. For other views in and around Fowey see under folio 5 verso (D08371).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Fowey and Polruan from the Estuary 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-fowey-and-polruan-from-the-estuary-r1136933, accessed 25 April 2024.