Joseph Mallord William Turner

A River with Distant Hills, Probably in South Devon

1814

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Devon Rivers, No.1 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 90 × 152 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D09662
Turner Bequest CXXXII 144

Catalogue entry

The view is not presently identified, but is probably a south Devon river valley, given its context in the sketchbook. The rough sketch of a house at the top right may be a detail of the one at the centre of the main drawing.

Matthew Imms
June 2014

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