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 from the Okement Valley 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Okehampton from the Okement Valley’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 55 Recto:
Okehampton from the Okement Valley 1814
D09538
Turner Bequest CXXXII 55
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Part watermark ‘Iv’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘55’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 55’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Following studies around Okehampton Castle and in the adjacent town, this sketch shows the latter looking south from Brightley Road (the Barnstaple road) alongside the River Okement, with the tower of All Saints Church on the hill above the town to the right; woods preclude a clear view today. There are similar studies on folios 56 recto and 57 recto (D09539, D09540). 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 from the Okement Valley 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-from-the-okement-valley-r1147084, accessed 27 April 2024.