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 Banks of the Hamoaze with Plymouth Dock Beyond 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The Banks of the Hamoaze with Plymouth Dock Beyond’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 113 Recto:
?The Banks of the Hamoaze with Plymouth Dock Beyond 1813
D09339
Turner Bequest CXXXI 113
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘113’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 113’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg’s identification appears correct in the context of adjacent identified sketches. With the page turned horizontally, the view may be east across the Hamoaze (Tamar Estuary) towards Plymouth Dock (later Devonport). 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.
Verso:
Blank. A brown stain to the right matches one on folio 114 recto opposite (D09340).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?The Banks of the Hamoaze with Plymouth Dock Beyond 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-banks-of-the-hamoaze-with-plymouth-dock-beyond-r1148068, accessed 24 April 2024.