J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Ivy Bridge to Penzance Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Penryn from Flushing 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Penryn from Flushing’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Verso:
Penryn from Flushing 1811
D08903
Turner Bequest CXXV 25a
Pencil on white wove paper, 166 x 208 mm
Watermark ‘Fellows | 1808’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Penryn’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner looks north-west to Penryn and west to its quay from across the Penryn River at Flushing. The view remains recognisable from beside the war memorial off Trefusis Road or the Little Falmouth boatyard off St Peter’s Road further up the river. There is another view from Flushing on folio 25 verso (D08901; CXXV 24a), under which other local subjects are mentioned.
Technical notes:
There is some dark smudging and offsetting from a straight edge, affecting the centre left of the drawing.

Matthew Imms
February 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Penryn from Flushing 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, February 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-penryn-from-flushing-r1137384, accessed 23 April 2024.