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 The Laira (Plym Estuary) near Saltram Park, with Plymouth Beyond 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Laira (Plym Estuary) near Saltram Park, with Plymouth Beyond’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 40 Recto:
The Laira (Plym Estuary) near Saltram Park, with Plymouth Beyond 1814
D09716
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 40
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Part watermark ‘Fell | 18’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Bridge R[?H]’, ‘wall & River’ and ‘Road’, left to right along bottom edge
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘40’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 40’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There is a similar prospect, partly obscured by trees in the foreground, on folio 39 recto (D09715), under which the subject is discussed. The view is south-west down the Laira (Plym Estuary) towards Plymouth, Mount Batten and the Citadel, with Mount Edgcumbe beyond; Saltram Park is on the slopes to the left. The sketch on folio 41 recto (D09717) is effectively a continuation to the right.
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Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Laira (Plym Estuary) near Saltram Park, with Plymouth Beyond 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-the-laira-plym-estuary-near-saltram-park-with-plymouth-r1147267, accessed 23 April 2024.