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 West Country River between Woods and Hills 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A West Country River between Woods and Hills’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 203 Recto:
A West Country River between Woods and Hills 1811
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Turner Bequest CXXIII 200
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Part watermark ‘Sm | 17’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘200’ top left, ascending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 200’ top right, ascending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject remains unidentified, but is likely to be one of the wide river valleys in South Devon or Cornwall.
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Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A West Country River between Woods and Hills 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-west-country-river-between-woods-and-hills-r1137207, accessed 23 April 2024.