Joseph Mallord William Turner

Two Water Mills among Trees, Probably in South Devon

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
D09246
Turner Bequest CXXXI 28

Catalogue entry

With the page turned horizontally, there are two mills, with their waterwheels in close succession descending the steep hill on the left, but there is otherwise little to distinguish the rural setting, which is presumably in South Devon along with identified subjects in this sketchbook. 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.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

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