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

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Joseph Mallord William Turner A River between Hills, Perhaps the Yealm, near Plymouth 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A River between Hills, Perhaps the Yealm, near Plymouth’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 51 Recto:
A River between Hills, Perhaps the Yealm, near Plymouth 1813
D09273
Turner Bequest CXXXI 51
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘51’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 51’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this view among wooded hills currently remains unidentified, but may show the River Yealm, south-east of Plymouth. A nearby sketch (folio 47 recto; D09268) is annotated with the name of the river, while folio 53 recto (D09275) and subsequent pages show the Wembury area, near the mouth of the river. The structure in the foreground may be that shown on the right of folio 50 recto (D09272), while the building in the middle distance appears to be the same. The subjects as far as folio 127 recto (D09358) are all identified or presumed sites within a few miles in and around Plymouth, suggesting a series of fairly short excursions.
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Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A River between Hills, Perhaps the Yealm, near Plymouth 1813 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-a-river-between-hills-perhaps-the-yealm-near-plymouth-r1148001, accessed 19 April 2024.