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 Seaton and Axmouth from near Beer 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Seaton and Axmouth from near Beer’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Verso:
Seaton and Axmouth from near Beer 1811
D08480
Turner Bequest CXXIII 58a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Wood’ centre left, ‘Sea’ centre right, and ‘Corn’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s viewpoint is the hill above the chalk cliffs seen on folio 59 recto (D08475; CXXIII 56b), along or beside the road from Seaton to Beer, looking east along the mudstone cliffs below towards Seaton, with Haven Cliff at Axmouth beyond. For other local views see under D08475.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Seaton and Axmouth from near Beer 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-seaton-and-axmouth-from-near-beer-r1136957, accessed 19 April 2024.