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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Okehampton Castle from the South-East 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Okehampton Castle from the South-East’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 45 Recto:
Okehampton Castle from the South-East 1814
D09528
Turner Bequest CXXXII 45
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Part watermark ‘Iv’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘45’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 45’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The castle is viewed from the south-east across the West Okement Valley. For other views of Okehampton, see under folio 43 recto (D09526).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Okehampton Castle from the South-East 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-okehampton-castle-from-the-south-east-r1147074, accessed 25 April 2024.