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 West Looe from East Looe 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘West Looe from East Looe’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 117 Recto:
West Looe from East Looe 1811
D08585
Turner Bequest CXXIII 114
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘114’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 114’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s view is to the south-west from the waterfront at East Looe, with the tower of St Nicholas’s Church, West Looe to the right across the River Looe. Beyond are the hills overlooking the sea. From or near this spot, Turner looked in the opposite direction, to the bridge between the two Looes on folio 116 recto (D08583; CXXIII 113). For other views, see under folio 115 verso (D08582; CXXIII 112a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘West Looe from East Looe 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-west-looe-from-east-looe-r1137062, accessed 16 April 2024.