Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British
Title:
St. Mawes, Cornwall
Date:
ca. 1823
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and scraping out on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (14.3 x 21.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, verso, upper left to upper center: "St. Mawes"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.964
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
fish | mountains | fishermen | cityscape | people | rocks (landforms) | cliffs | marine art | ships
Associated Places:
Fal | Saint Mawes Castle | Pendennis Castle | Carrick Roads | England | Falmouth | Roseland peninsula | Europe | Saint Mawes | Cornwall | United Kingdom
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Turner's Modern World (Kimbell Art Museum, 2021-10-17 - 2022-02-06)

Turner's Modern World (Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 2022-03-27 - 2022-07-10)

Light into Colour - Turner in the South West (Tate St. Ives, 2006-01-28 - 2006-05-07)

Turner's Britain (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 2003-11-07 - 2004-02-08)

Translations - Turner and Printmaking (Yale Center for British Art, 1993-09-29 - 1993-12-05)

J. M. W. Turner - The Foundations of Genius (The Taft Museum, 1986-09-18 - 1986-11-02)
Publications:
David Blayney Brown, Turner's Modern World, Tate Publishing, London, p. 128, no. 93, NJ18.T85 A12 2020a Oversize (YCBA)

Julius Bryant, Turner: painting the nation, English Heritage properties as seen by JMW Turner , English Heritage, London, 1996, p. 18, fig. 4 [unnum'd], NJ18 T85 B78 1996 (YCBA)

Eric M. Lee, Translations : Turner and printmaking, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1993, p. 19, no. 41, NJ18 .T85 L44 1993 (YCBA)

Andrew Wilton, The life and work of J.M.W. Turner, Academy Editions, London, 1979, p. 354, No. 473, NJ18 T85 +W577 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5454