Joseph Mallord William Turner

The River Yealm near Plymouth

1813

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Artist
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Part of
Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook
Medium
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Support: 95 × 157 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D09268
Turner Bequest CXXXI 47

Catalogue entry

The River Yealm runs south-west to Wembury Bay through countryside to the east of Plymouth. With the page turned horizontally, Turner’s specific viewpoint is not yet identified. Finberg identified the sketch on folio 48 recto (D09269) as another Yealm study. The subjects as far as folio 127 recto (D09358) are all identified or presumed sites within a few miles in and around Plymouth, suggesting a series of fairly short excursions.
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Matthew Imms
April 2014

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