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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner The Bridge on the East Okement at Okehampton 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 50 Recto:
The Bridge on the East Okement at Okehampton 1814
D09854
Turner Bequest CXXXIV 56
Pencil on white wove paper with gilt edges, 179 x 254 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘T’, ‘T’ and ‘S’ on roofs centre left, ‘small stone’ bottom left, and ‘Water R Dark’ bottom right
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIV – 56’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Allowing for later rebuilding, this is presumably the same bridge over the East Okement River, between Fore Street and East Street in the centre of Okehampton, as seen on folio 51 recto (D09821; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 29).
At Okehampton, an 1842 etching by F.C. Lewis (Westcountry Studies Library, Exeter), shows the same view. The letters Turner has inscribed here on the roofs presumably differentiate tiles and slates. For other views of the town and castle at Okehampton, see under folio 59 recto (D09814; Turner Bequest CXXXIV 22).
Verso:
Blank, save for inscription in pencil ‘1’ left of centre
Identical view:

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Bridge on the East Okement at Okehampton 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-the-bridge-on-the-east-okement-at-okehampton-r1147410, accessed 25 April 2024.