J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
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 Dartmeet, on Dartmoor 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Dartmeet, on Dartmoor’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 126 Verso:
Dartmeet, on Dartmoor 1814
D09629
Turner Bequest CXXXII 126a
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Part watermark ‘y Mill | 1812’
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?River]’ towards bottom left and ‘Dt meet B’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s apparent inscription, ‘Dt meet B’, would seem to indicate Dartmeet Bridge, beside the hamlet of that name near the confluence of the East and West Dart Rivers on the south-eastern side of Dartmoor. However, there is nothing to indicate either the ancient clapper bridge or the later road bridge beside it on the East Dart just above where the two merge to form the River Dart, and the slightness of the drawing makes the viewpoint difficult to establish. There are other Dart views on folios 115 verso and 119 verso (D09608, D09615).
For other definite or likely Dartmoor views, see under folio 8 recto (D09489).

Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Dartmeet, on Dartmoor 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-dartmeet-on-dartmoor-r1147178, accessed 26 April 2024.