J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Wooded Valley, Probably in Devon c.1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Wooded Valley, Probably in Devon’ c.1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Verso:
A Wooded Valley, Probably in Devon 1811
D08505
Turner Bequest CXXIII 71a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘G’ centre left, ‘Sky’ top right, and ‘[?L Gn]’ centre right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Beyond the screen of trees and thick foliage, a hill is indicated in the distance on the left, annotated ‘G’, presumably for green. This is probably a Devon scene given that adjacent sketches are identified as such. The woodland scene on the recto (D08504) may have been drawn nearby.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Wooded Valley, Probably in Devon 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-wooded-valley-probably-in-devon-r1136982, accessed 25 April 2024.