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 ?Barnstaple, on the River Taw 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Barnstaple, on the River Taw’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
?Barnstaple, on the River Taw 1814
D09549
Turner Bequest CXXXII 65
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘65’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 65’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This appears to be a view north-west down the banks of the River Taw towards Barnstaple and its long bridge, from where the Tarka Trail now runs alongside sports grounds. Finberg suggested nearby Bideford as the subject, 1 but this is probably by association with folio 66 recto (D09550), which he misidentified as Bideford, whereas the subject there is definitely Barnstaple. For Bideford views, see under folio 79 recto (D09564), and for others of Barnstaple, see under D09550.
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Finberg 1909, I, p.374.
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Barnstaple, on the River Taw 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-barnstaple-on-the-river-taw-r1147096, accessed 26 April 2024.