'Ogwell Mill, near Newton Abbot', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Ogwell Mill, near Newton Abbot

From Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXXIII

Date 1811

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 75 x 117 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D08510

Turner Bequest CXXIII 74

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 77 Recto:

Ogwell Mill, near Newton Abbot 1811

D08510
Turner Bequest CXXIII 74

Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘74’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 74’ bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Without specifying particular folios, Arthur Ebdon mentions three views of Ogwell Mill in his account of Turner and the Teignmouth area. The others are on folios 76 recto (D08508; CXXIII 73), under which the subject is discussed, and on folio 77 recto opposite (D08509; CXXIII 73a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1810s

Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest