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 Mount Batten and Plymouth Citadel from the East 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Mount Batten and Plymouth Citadel from the East’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 95 Recto:
Mount Batten and Plymouth Citadel from the East 1813
D09321
Turner Bequest CXXXI 95
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘95’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 95’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, the tower of Mount Batten and the flat profile of Plymouth Citadel are seen from the Oreston area, looking west. 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. There is a stain at the bottom right matching one on folio 96 recto opposite (D09322) but slightly misaligned, suggesting that the pages were not then bound as they are now.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Mount Batten and Plymouth Citadel from the East 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-mount-batten-and-plymouth-citadel-from-the-east-r1148049, accessed 25 July 2024.