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.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hills, Probably between Buckfastleigh and Exeter 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hills, Probably between Buckfastleigh and Exeter’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Recto:
Hills, Probably between Buckfastleigh and Exeter 1814
D09754
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 65
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Part watermark ‘ows | 12’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘65’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 65’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like the one on folio 64 verso opposite (D09753), this slight sketch of hills was perhaps made along the south-eastern fringes of Dartmoor between Buckfastleigh and Exeter, the identified subjects of adjacent sketches; see under folios 63 recto and 65 verso respectively (D09750, D09750). There appear to be one or two buildings in the valley towards the bottom left.

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Hills, Probably between Buckfastleigh and Exeter 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-hills-probably-between-buckfastleigh-and-exeter-r1147305, accessed 25 April 2024.