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 ?The Laira from Saltram Park 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The Laira from Saltram Park’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 82 Recto:
?The Laira from Saltram Park 1813
D09307
Turner Bequest CXXXI 82
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘82’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 82’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this appears to be a view west across the Laira (Plym Estuary) towards Plymouth from the neighbourhood of Saltram House, possibly indicated at the top right; for Saltram see under folio 81 recto (D09306). 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.
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Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?The Laira from Saltram Park 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-the-laira-from-saltram-park-r1148035, accessed 23 April 2024.