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 Sailing Boat off St Mawes Castle, with Carrick Roads Beyond 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Sailing Boat off St Mawes Castle, with Carrick Roads Beyond’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 147 Verso:
A Sailing Boat off St Mawes Castle, with Carrick Roads Beyond 1811
D08641
Turner Bequest CXXIII 144a
Pencil on white wove printing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A boat sails past St Mawes Castle on the right, seen from off Castle Point, west of the harbour, presumably from a boat or possibly from Carrithnack Point. The view to the left is northwards up Carrick Roads towards the Falmouth side, with a large three-masted vessel at anchor in the distance.
There is a detailed study of the castle on folio 148 verso (D08643; CXXIII 145a). For other views in and around Falmouth see under folio 7 verso (D08375).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Sailing Boat off St Mawes Castle, with Carrick Roads Beyond 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-sailing-boat-off-st-mawes-castle-with-carrick-roads-beyond-r1137118, accessed 25 April 2024.