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 Exmouth and the Exe Estuary 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Exmouth and the Exe Estuary’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 67 Recto:
Exmouth and the Exe Estuary 1811
D08490
Turner Bequest CXXIII 64
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Ex’ bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘64’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 64’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is towards Exmouth, looking east across the Exe Estuary from the neighbourhood of Starcross (see the verso, D08491) and Cockwood (see folio 69 verso; D08495; CXXIII 66a). It is one of several sketches along the estuary, probably beginning on folio 66 verso opposite (D08489; CXXIII 63a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Exmouth and the Exe 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-exmouth-and-the-exe-estuary-r1136967, accessed 20 April 2024.