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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Buckfastleigh Church from the Dart Valley 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
Buckfastleigh Church from the Dart Valley 1814
D09844
Turner Bequest CXXXIV 48
Pencil on white wove paper with gilt edges, 179 x 254 mm
Watermark ‘J Whatman | 1811’ (lower part of date trimmed at edge of leaf)
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIV – 48’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Turner’s sketch is made looking south from near Buckfast, Devon, with Holy Trinity Church, Buckfastleigh, seen to the right; Buckfastleigh itself lies hidden behind the hill, much of which has since been quarried away on this side. The Dart Bridge carrying the Ashburton road over the river is in the middle distance towards the left, and is now largely obscured by trees. There are views of the bridge and church from the opposite direction on folios 27 recto and 28 recto (D09846, D09839; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 50, 44).
Further views around Buckfastleigh and Buckfast Abbey are on folios 23 recto, 25 recto, 26 recto, 27 recto, 28 recto and 29 recto (D09855, D09842, D09843, D09846, D09839, D09845; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 57, 46, 47, 50, 44, 49); the architectural details inside the back cover (D40883) may also be related. See also the contemporary Devon Rivers, No.2 sketchbook, under Tate D09750 (Turner Bequest CXXXIII 63).
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Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Buckfastleigh Church from the Dart Valley 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-buckfastleigh-church-from-the-dart-valley-r1147378, accessed 20 April 2024.