Engraved by W. R. Smith, 1836, for Picturesque Views in England and Wales, Part XX, No.4 (Rawlinson No. 288; No.432).

Turner visited Land's End in I8II when making notes for the Southern Coast series (see the 'Ivy Bridge to Penzance' sketchbook, T.B.CXXV, ff.50, 51). The forms of the rocks and rough seas at that point on the coast seem to have continued to fascinate him; several 'colour-beginnings' dark in tone and perhaps dating from c.1817 are apparently based on his experience of this spot. The Southern Coast plate, however, does not give such prominence to the sea itself. This drawing has much in common with 'Lowestoft' of about the same date (B.M. 1958-7-12-441).