Saltash with the Water Ferry, Cornwall
Joseph Mallord William Turner
1811
Saltash with the Water Ferry is an 1811 landscape painting by the British artist Joseph Mallord William Turner. It depicts the town of Saltash on the River Tamar, directly across from the major port of Plymouth in Devon A ferry ran between the two settlements and is depicted in the painting. It shows an inn and several smaller craft. The presence of a redcoat sentry and a quote from Horatio Nelson are reminders of the ongoing Napoleonic Wars.
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