Joseph Mallord William Turner

Distant Hills, Probably in North Devon

1814

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In Tate Britain

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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 x 152 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D09584
Turner Bequest CXXXII 94 a

Catalogue entry

The drawing is inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation. There are two views here, divided by a horizontal line a little above the centre of the page. Both show distant hills across a broad valley. The setting is presently unidentified, but probably in north Devon from its context in the sketchbook.

Matthew Imms
June 2014

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