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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Somerset and North Devon Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Minehead from the Coast 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Minehead from the Coast’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Minehead from the Coast 1811
D08956
Turner Bequest CXXVI 10
Pencil on white wove paper, 200 x 324 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram right of centre, below pier
Stamped in black ‘CXXVI 10’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s view is from the shore near today’s Warren Road, north of Butlins holiday camp, looking north-west into the mouth of the harbour, with North Hill beyond. On the slope to the left is the tower of St Michael’s Church. The boats in the harbour appear to be those shown from the opposite direction in the Devonshire Coast, No.1 sketchbook (Tate D08732; Turner Bequest CXXIII 202).
The drawing on D08952 (CXXVI 6) appears to be of the hill and coast from inland.
Technical notes:
There are five sets of stitch holes near the left-hand edge.
Verso:
Blank, save for two very slight, short pencil marks, one at the centre left and the other top centre.

Matthew Imms
January 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Minehead from the Coast 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, January 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-minehead-from-the-coast-r1137552, accessed 19 April 2024.