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 Houses and Boats, Probably near Plymouth 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Houses and Boats, Probably near Plymouth’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 71 Recto:
Houses and Boats, Probably near Plymouth 1813
D09294
Turner Bequest CXXXI 71
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Watermark ‘Mill | 812’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘71’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 71’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, the subject is unidentified, but is perhaps along the Cattewater east of Plymouth, as seen in adjacent studies. 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:
There is a small hole through the sheet to the right of the figure in the foreground.
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Houses and Boats, Probably near Plymouth 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-houses-and-boats-probably-near-plymouth-r1148022, accessed 25 April 2024.