Art Funded
Plymouth, from Mount Edgcumbe
Copyright © Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery.
JMW Turner (1775 - 1851)
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
1814
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.
- Medium: watercolour over pencil heightened with scratching out & touches of gum arabic, on wove paper
- Dimensions: 15.6 x 24.1cm
- Art Fund Grant: £30112 ( Total: £96,000)
- ArtFunded in: 2006
- Vendor: Sotheby's
Provenance
Captain Meeking; by descent; Christie's, 1973; Sotheby's, 2006.
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