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 Wearde Quay across the St Germans or Lynher River from Jupiter Point 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Wearde Quay across the St Germans or Lynher River from Jupiter Point’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 35 Recto:
Wearde Quay across the St Germans or Lynher River from Jupiter Point 1814
D09710
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 35
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Part watermark ‘ows | 12’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Ware [?Mt Tamar K]’ bottom left, and ‘Anthony Ferry’ bottom centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘35’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 35’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s first inscription is unclear, but seems to refer to Wearde and the River Tamar, in the distance to the north-east in this view across the St Germans or Lynher River from Jupiter Point. As noted in this sketchbook’s Introduction, local resident Mr Charles Nodder has used his knowledge of the area around Trematon Castle to write a privately circulated article discussing the relevant drawings in this sketchbook, after inspecting and discussing them with the present author,1 who is very grateful for his comments: ‘Passage Point is at the left-hand side, with the buildings at Wearde Quay just left of centre. Beggars Island, which appears in other Turner sketches made from the Tamar side, is shown here just below the anchored ships’.2
Compare the view on folios 28 recto and 30 verso (D09701, D09705). For others on and around the St Germans or Lynher River, see under folio 27 verso (D09700).

Matthew Imms
July 2014

1
Conversation, 27 October 2010.
2
Charles Nodder, ‘JMW Turner’s Views around Antony Passage’, unpublished article, 2010, Tate catalogue files, p.7.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Wearde Quay across the St Germans or Lynher River from Jupiter Point 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-wearde-quay-across-the-st-germans-or-lynher-river-from-r1147261, accessed 16 April 2024.