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.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Austin's Bridge, on the River Dart near Buckfastleigh 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Austin's Bridge, on the River Dart near Buckfastleigh’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 63 Verso:
?Austin’s Bridge, on the River Dart near Buckfastleigh 1814
D09751
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 63a
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Part watermark ‘ows | 2’
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This appears to be Austin’s Bridge, crossing the River Dart among trees east of Buckfastleigh, as shown on adjacent pages; see the entry for the recto (D09750).
The drawing is limited to the top right quarter of the page, and is framed by horizontal and vertical pencil lines. There are various pages in this sketchbook where the page has been divided and filled with small sketches, some of which are repeated as full-page views. This is also the case here, with a larger drawing of the bridge on folio 64 recto opposite (D09752).

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Austin’s Bridge, on the River Dart near Buckfastleigh 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-austins-bridge-on-the-river-dart-near-buckfastleigh-r1147302, accessed 19 September 2024.