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 Hatherleigh 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hatherleigh’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 93 Recto:
Hatherleigh 1814
D09582
Turner Bequest CXXXII 93
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by Turner ‘Hatherleigh’ bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘93’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 93’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Hatherleigh, Devon, is seen to the north, with the bridge over the River Lew in the foreground and the slender spire of St John the Baptist’s Church in the distance. Turner’s viewpoint is near the modern roundabout towards the southern end of the by-pass running round the west of the town, which is on the main road seven miles north-west of Okehampton (see under D09526; CXXXII 43). From here the church is now obscured by trees, but it can be seen from the bridge. For a possible view at nearby Hele Bridge on the River Torridge, see folio 92 recto (D09581); there is another Torridge view, probably nearby, on folio 94 recto (D09583).

Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Hatherleigh 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-hatherleigh-r1147129, accessed 24 April 2024.