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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Chemistry and Apuleia Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Coastal Scene with Buildings, Possibly in the West Country c.1813

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Coastal Scene with Buildings, Possibly in the West Country’ c.1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 11 Recto:
A Coastal Scene with Buildings, Possibly in the West Country c.1813
D09907
Turner Bequest CXXXV 11
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 113 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘11’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXV – 11’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
There seems little specific enough to aid in the identification of this slight view, which may represent a West Country site (see the Introduction to the sketchbook).
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Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Coastal Scene with Buildings, Possibly in the West Country c.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-coastal-scene-with-buildings-possibly-in-the-west-country-r1147862, accessed 22 November 2024.