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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?The River Tamar 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The River Tamar’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 127 Recto:
?The River Tamar 1813
D09358
Turner Bequest CXXXI 127
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘127’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 127’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Given the subjects on adjacent pages, Finberg’s identification of the River Tamar is apparently correct, although the lack of obvious landmarks in this sketch, drawn with the page turned horizontally, makes the viewpoint difficult to establish. The subjects running from the front of the sketchbook to here are all identified or presumed sites within a few miles in and around Plymouth, suggesting a series of fairly short excursions.
Verso:
Blank, save for offsetting from John Ruskin’s inscription in blue ink on folio 128 recto opposite (D09359).

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?The River Tamar 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-river-tamar-r1148088, accessed 18 April 2024.