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 Boats on the River Fowey 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boats on the River Fowey’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 233 Recto:
Boats on the River Fowey 1811
D08773
Turner Bequest CXXIII 230
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in ink ‘Fowy River’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘230’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 230’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The viewpoint has yet to be firmly established, but may some miles inland of Fowey itself. For other views in and around the latter see under folio 5 verso (D08371).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Boats on the River Fowey 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-boats-on-the-river-fowey-r1137252, accessed 26 April 2024.