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.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Riverbank, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Riverbank, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 27 Recto:
A Riverbank, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar 1814
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Turner Bequest CXXXIII 27
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘F’ below skyline at centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘27’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 27’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There are no buildings to orientate this scene, but the sketch falls among a number of studies of shipping and topographical sketches in the Hamoaze and lower reaches of the River Tamar north-west of Plymouth Sound. The shaded form in the centre is perhaps the beached hull of an old boat.

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Riverbank, Probably on the Hamoaze or Lower Tamar 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-a-riverbank-probably-on-the-hamoaze-or-lower-tamar-r1147250, accessed 23 April 2024.