Joseph Mallord William Turner

Okehampton Castle from the South-East

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
D09529
Turner Bequest CXXXII 46

Catalogue entry

This sketch focuses on the buildings in the bailey below Okehampton Castle’s keep, seen at the top left. Turner’s viewpoint is the West Okement Valley, looking north-west. For other views of Okehampton, see under folio 43 recto (D09526).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

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