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 A West Country Landscape with Buildings 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A West Country Landscape with Buildings’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 247 Verso:
A West Country Landscape with Buildings 1811
D08795
Turner Bequest CXXIII 244a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There appears to be a road receding to the left, and buildings on the horizon to the right, possibly observed towards the end of Turner’s West Country tour.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A West Country Landscape with Buildings 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-landscape-with-buildings-r1137274, accessed 19 April 2024.