J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Range of Hills, Possibly on Dartmoor 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Range of Hills, Possibly on Dartmoor’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 15 Recto:
A Range of Hills, Possibly on Dartmoor 1814
D09497
Turner Bequest CXXXII 15
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘15’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 15’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Like the sketch on folio 14 recto (D09496), this may show a Dartmoor subject; for other definite or likely views, see under folio 8 recto (D09489). The features on the slope in the foreground are unclear, but may be farm buildings or cottages.
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Range of Hills, Possibly on Dartmoor 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-range-of-hills-possibly-on-dartmoor-r1147040, accessed 25 April 2024.