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Plymouth, from Mount Edgcumbe
Artist: JMW Turner (1775 - 1851)
Location: Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Date: 1814
Materials: watercolour over pencil heightened with scratching out & touches of gum arabic, on wove paper
Dimensions: 15.6 x 24.1cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £30,112 (Total: £96,000)
Vendor: Sotheby's
Review number: 5791 (2006)
Provenance:
Captain Meeking; by descent; Christie's, 1973; Sotheby's, 2006.
Description:
One of Turner's most impressive views of Plymouth, from a series produced for the publication 'Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast'. The composition is a striking example of his interest in the 1810s in the panorama or 'bird's eye' view. In the foreground a lively gathering of people including sailors dance and wave in celebration of the arrival of a major fleet of ships anchored in the Devonport Docks. It seems to capture the victorious mood following the end of the Napoleonic Wars when Plymouth had been threatened with invasion.
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