Joseph Mallord William Turner

A Wooded Valley, Probably in Devon

c.1811

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 75 × 117 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D08505
Turner Bequest CXXIII 71 a

Catalogue entry

Beyond the screen of trees and thick foliage, a hill is indicated in the distance on the left, annotated ‘G’, presumably for green. This is probably a Devon scene given that adjacent sketches are identified as such. The woodland scene on the recto (D08504) may have been drawn nearby.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

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