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 and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mount Edgcumbe from Plymouth Hoe 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mount Edgcumbe from Plymouth Hoe’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 2 Verso:
Mount Edgcumbe from Plymouth Hoe 1814
D09670
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 2a
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The northern end of Mount Edgcumbe is seen to the west from Plymouth Hoe, across Western King Point. The view towards the sea to the left is continued on the recto (D09669).

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Mount Edgcumbe from Plymouth Hoe 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-mount-edgcumbe-from-plymouth-hoe-r1147221, accessed 18 April 2024.