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 A West Country Bridge, Possibly near Falmouth 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A West Country Bridge, Possibly near Falmouth’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 111 Recto:
A West Country Bridge, Possibly near Falmouth 1811
D08573
Turner Bequest CXXIII 108
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘108’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 108’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Five arches of a medieval stone bridge are shown. There are buildings and hills in the distance on the right. The site is perhaps in the vicinity of Falmouth, Cornwall, which is shown on the verso (D08574; CXXIII 108a), although the sequence of drawings in this sketchbook is far from tallying precisely with Turner’s 1811 West Country route (see the introduction to the tour).
Technical notes:
There is some ink offsetting from the inscription on folio 110 verso opposite (D08572; CXXIII 107a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A West Country Bridge, Possibly near Falmouth 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-a-west-country-bridge-possibly-near-falmouth-r1137050, accessed 20 September 2024.