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 Plympton St Maurice: The Castle and Church, Looking towards Saltram Park 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Plympton St Maurice: The Castle and Church, Looking towards Saltram Park’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 104 Verso:
Plympton St Maurice: The Castle and Church, Looking towards Saltram Park 1811
D08561
Turner Bequest CXXIII 101a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Plymton’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the church tower of Plympton St Maurice aligned in front of the adjacent castle mound, Turner’s view is westwards from the road he had travelled from Ivybridge (see folio 156 verso; D08655; CXXIII 153a). The tower lightly indicated on the right is that of St Mary’s Church, Plympton, to the north-west. Saltram House (see also folio 107 verso; D08567; CXXIII 104a) is visible on the summit due west in the distance, beyond which Plymouth (see under folio 3 verso; D08367) lies over the horizon. There is a closer view of the castle and church on folio 106 verso (D08565; CXXIII 103a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Plympton St Maurice: The Castle and Church, Looking towards Saltram Park 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-plympton-st-maurice-the-castle-and-church-looking-towards-r1137038, accessed 26 April 2024.