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

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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 North-East 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Okehampton Castle from the North-East’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto:
Okehampton Castle from the North-East 1814
D09533
Turner Bequest CXXXII 50
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Part watermark ‘y Mill | 1812’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘50’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 50’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In the last of a series of close studies, Okehampton Castle is shown above the valley of the West Okement River from the north-east. 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 North-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-north-east-r1147079, accessed 16 April 2024.