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 A Shoreline with Woods Beyond, on or near Plymouth Sound 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Shoreline with Woods Beyond, on or near Plymouth Sound’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
A Shoreline with Woods Beyond, on or near Plymouth Sound 1813
D09288
Turner Bequest CXXXI 65
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Yellowish’ and ‘light’ centre right within drawing
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘65’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 65’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Without notable landmarks this view, made with the page turned horizontally, is not readily placeable, but as Finberg suggests, it is presumably on or in the vicinity of Plymouth Sound. The dense shading to the left is unusual for Turner, and perhaps indicates that the woods were observed against strong light. 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:
A large, though faint, brown stain matches that on folio 64 verso opposite (the verso of D09287).
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Shoreline with Woods Beyond, on or near Plymouth Sound 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-a-shoreline-with-woods-beyond-on-or-near-plymouth-sound-r1148016, accessed 24 April 2024.