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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Wooded Valley, Probably near Plymouth 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Wooded Valley, Probably near Plymouth’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 104 Recto:
A Wooded Valley, Probably near Plymouth 1813
D09330
Turner Bequest CXXXI 104
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Straw lighter’]’ bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘104’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 104’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this deep, wooded valley with a cottage or cottages towards the bottom right is presumably in the countryside around Plymouth. The subjects as far as folio 127 recto (D09358) are all identified or presumed sites within a few miles, suggesting a series of fairly short excursions.
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Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Wooded Valley, Probably 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-wooded-valley-probably-near-plymouth-r1148059, accessed 23 April 2024.