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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Cotehele House and the Prospect Tower, near Calstock 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Cotehele House and the Prospect Tower, near Calstock’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 142 Verso:
Cotehele House and the Prospect Tower, near Calstock 1814
D09659
Turner Bequest CXXXII 142a
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This slight sketch shows Cotehele House and the nearby Prospect Tower, looking west from the vicinity of Calstock. They are seen in similar juxtaposition in a wider setting on folio 141 recto (D09656). For other views along the Tamar Valley, see under folio 114 verso (D09606).

Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Cotehele House and the Prospect Tower, near Calstock 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-cotehele-house-and-the-prospect-tower-near-calstock-r1147208, accessed 25 April 2024.