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 A Watermill among Trees, Probably in North Devon 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Watermill among Trees, Probably in North Devon’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 101 Recto:
A Watermill among Trees, Probably in North Devon 1814
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Turner Bequest CXXXII 101
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘101’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 101’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This overshot mill among trees is presently unidentified, but probably in north Devon from its context in the sketchbook. There seems to be a figure standing near the front door.
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Watermill among Trees, Probably in North Devon 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-a-watermill-among-trees-probably-in-north-devon-r1147140, accessed 25 April 2024.