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 ?Appledore 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Appledore’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 78 Recto:
?Appledore 1814
D09563
Turner Bequest CXXXII 78
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Apple[...]’ top centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘78’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 78’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner seems to have inscribed this drawing as ‘Appledore’, but it is so faint that the viewpoint is unclear; the tower in the right foreground awaits identification. The village overlooks the confluence of the Taw and Torridge Estuaries as they enter Barnstaple or Bideford Bay. For other views around nearby Bideford, a little to the south up the Torridge, see under folio 79 recto (D09564).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Appledore 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-appledore-r1147110, accessed 14 May 2024.