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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8
J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Review at Portsmouth Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Tamar Valley 1814

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Tamar Valley’ 1814
Folio 7 Recto:
The Tamar Valley 1814
D09993
Turner Bequest CXXXVI 7
Pencil on white wove paper, 82 x 119 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘7’ bottom left, descending vertically (smudged)
Stamped in black ‘CXXXVI – 7’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this is a delicate sketch of the River Tamer meandering through the rolling hills of the Tamar Valley with details of vegetation.
For other views along the Tamar Valley in this sketchbook, see folios 3 to 16 (D09989–D10002).
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Vanessa Otim
March 2025

How to cite

Vanessa Otim, ‘The Tamar Valley 1814’, catalogue entry, March 2025, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, July 2026, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/the-tamar-valley-r1213896, accessed 31 July 2026.