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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Mount Batten and Plymouth from Jennycliff Bay 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mount Batten and Plymouth from Jennycliff Bay’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 61 Recto:
Mount Batten and Plymouth from Jennycliff Bay 1813
D09283
Turner Bequest CXXXI 61
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘61’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 61’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, the view is from above Jennycliff Bay, looking north-west past the tower at Mount Batten to the Plymouth Citadel, with the tower of St Andrew’s Church and the spire of the Charles Church lightly indicated to the right. There is a view to the north-west from the bay on folio 59 recto (D09281). The subjects as far as folio 127 recto (D09358) are all identified or presumed sites within a few miles in and around Plymouth, suggesting a series of fairly short excursions.
Technical notes:
Irregular brown stains match those on folio 60 verso opposite (verso of D09282), but are slightly out of alignment, suggesting that the pages were not bound as they are now when the staining occurred. There are also some small black spots towards the right-hand edge.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Mount Batten and Plymouth from Jennycliff Bay 1813 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-batten-and-plymouth-from-jennycliff-bay-r1148011, accessed 23 September 2024.