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 The Tamar Valley and Gunnislake from near Calstock 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Tamar Valley and Gunnislake from near Calstock’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 139 Verso:
The Tamar Valley and Gunnislake from near Calstock 1814
D09653
Turner Bequest CXXXII 139a
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Diana Cook and Dorothy Kirk describe the view north up the Tamar past Hatches Green towards Gunnislake on the slope to the left and New Bridge, with Chimney Rock above the river on the right; they observe that although glimpses of the view can be obtained through the trees along the road east of Calstock Church, the best vantage point would be a train on the adjacent railway.1 The view is continuous with folio 140 recto opposite (D09654), although Cook and Kirk treat that page separately and suggest a different viewpoint nearby.
For other views along the Tamar Valley, see under folio 114 verso (D09606).

Matthew Imms
June 2014

1
Cook and Kirk 2001, p.36, and Cook and Kirk 2009, p.35, each with a modern photograph of the view by Kirk.

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Tamar Valley and Gunnislake from near Calstock 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-the-tamar-valley-and-gunnislake-from-near-calstock-r1147202, accessed 25 April 2024.