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 Boat, probably on the River Dart 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Boat, probably on the River Dart’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 84 Verso:
A Boat, probably on the River Dart 1811
D08522
Turner Bequest CXXIII 81a
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘D’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Finberg’s assumption of Turner’s meaning is probably correct, as folio 86 recto (D08525; CXXIII 83) is inscribed ‘Dart’ in full. However, this river scene appears rather generic and the cottage and landing-place on the right remain unidentified. Interspersed with identified views on the Dart, there are other likely Dart on folios 85 verso, 86 recto, 96 recto, 96 verso, 97 verso and 99 recto (D08524, D08525, D08545, D08546, D08548, D08551; CXXIII 82a, 83, 93, 93a, 94a, 96).
For views of Dartmouth, where the Dart enters the sea, see under folio 3 recto (D08366); for Totnes, at the river’s upper tidal limit, see under folio 94 verso (D08542; CXXIII 91a). There are also various Dart subjects towards the end of the contemporary Corfe to Dartmouth sketchbook (Tate; Turner Bequest CXXIV).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Boat, probably on the River Dart 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-boat-probably-on-the-river-dart-r1136999, accessed 23 April 2024.