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 The Coast around Boscastle from near Beeny 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Coast around Boscastle from near Beeny’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 253 Recto:
The Coast around Boscastle from near Beeny 1811
D08806
Turner Bequest CXXIII 250
Pencil on white laid paper, 75 x 117 mm
Watermark ‘17 8’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[... | ?Tr... | Tintagel | Padstow]’ top right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘250’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 250’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view appears to be to the south-west along the Cornish coast from south of Beeny on the road out of Boscastle (see folio 185 recto; D08705; CXXIII 182) towards Bude (see under folio 4 recto; D08368), making the tower near the centre the lookout above Boscastle’s harbour. Turner’s inscription may indicate ‘Tintagel’ and ‘Padstow’. Tintagel (see the contemporary Cornwall and Devon sketchbook, under Tate D41284; Turner Bequest CXXV a 90) is about three miles beyond Boscastle, with Padstow (see the same sketchbook, under Tate D41306; Turner Bequest CXXV a 30) about twelve miles further again.
There is a similar view on folio 252 verso opposite (D08805; CXXIII 249a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Coast around Boscastle from near Beeny 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-the-coast-around-boscastle-from-near-beeny-r1137285, accessed 18 April 2024.