'Totnes from the River Dart', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Totnes from the River Dart

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

D08541

Turner Bequest CXXIII 91

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 94 Recto:

Totnes from the River Dart 1811

D08541
Turner Bequest CXXIII 91

Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘91’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 91’ bottom left, descending vertically

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The view is to the north-west up the River Dart, with the castle and church at Totnes on the horizon. There is a clearer version of the view on the verso (D08542), where the subject is discussed.

Technical notes:

There is extensive offsetting from the ink inscription on folio 93 verso opposite (D08540; CXXIII 90a), which disrupts the drawing.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

Read this catalogue entry in full

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

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Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook

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Gifts and bequests

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