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 Watchet, Dunster and Minehead 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Watchet, Dunster and Minehead’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 213 Verso:
Watchet, Dunster and Minehead 1811
D08747
Turner Bequest CXXIII 210a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s viewpoint is in the neighbourhood of West Quantoxhead, looking west along the Somerset coast, with the tower of Watchet church to the left of centre, the silhouettes of Dunster Castle and the nearby Conygar Tower beyond, and the hills above Minehead on the skyline. There is a similar view on folio 132 recto (D08613; CXXIII 192), under which other views of the locality are discussed. For other sketches of Dunster, see under folio 19 verso (D08398).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Watchet, Dunster and Minehead 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-watchet-dunster-and-minehead-r1137225, accessed 26 April 2024.