Joseph Mallord William Turner

Dartmouth, on the River Dart

1822

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
‘Rivers of England’ Watercolours
Medium
Watercolour on paper
Dimensions
Support: 157 × 226 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D18136
Turner Bequest CCVIII C

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This watercolour was prepared as the basis of a print to be included in a series called The Rivers of England (1822–26). This was one of many publications that helped establish a new vision of the national scenery, that now encompassed modern industry and urbanisation.

The emphasis in this image is on a sense of dynamism in the landscape, with the plunging angles leading down to the furious activity in the shipyards. But the image also allows for the details of mundane human activity in the figure of the milkman on his rounds at the right.

Gallery label, September 2004

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