'?The Tamar Valley near Gunnislake', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

?The Tamar Valley near Gunnislake

From Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CXXXVII

Date ?1813

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 181 x 228 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D10276

Turner Bequest CXXXVII 49

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 52 Recto:

?The Tamar Valley near Gunnislake ?1813

D10276
Turner Bequest CXXXVII 49

Pencil on white wove paper, 181 x 228 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘49’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘CXXXVII 49’ top left, upside down

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

This is a slight continuation of the main view on folio 51 verso (D10275; CXXXVII 48a). The composition is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation.

Matthew Imms
May 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

Vale of Heathfield Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest