Joseph Mallord William Turner

Lydford Castle and St Petroc’s Church

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
D09520
Turner Bequest CXXXII 37

Catalogue entry

This slight sketch shows the profiles of Lydford Castle and the adjacent St Petroc’s Church, looking north across the upper end of Lydford Gorge. There is a similar sketch on folio 38 recto (D09521). For other views around Lydford, see under folio 28 recto (D09510).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

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