J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner ?The Exe Estuary or a West Country Coastline with Boats 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The Exe Estuary or a West Country Coastline with Boats’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Verso:
?The Exe Estuary or a West Country Coastline with Boats 1811
D08489
Turner Bequest CXXIII 63a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The small buildings on the left and trees beyond may be along the low-lying west bank of the Exe Estuary, looking east towards Exmouth. There are views in the neighbourhood on adjacent pages (folios 67 recto and verso, 69 recto and verso; D08490, D08491, D08494, D08495; CXXIII 64, 64a, 66, 66a) and what appears to be a sketch of nearby Powderham Castle on the recto (D08488).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?The Exe Estuary or a West Country Coastline with Boats 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-exe-estuary-or-a-west-country-coastline-with-boats-r1136966, accessed 24 April 2024.