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 > Review at Portsmouth Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The Tamar Valley 1814

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Tamar Valley’ 1814
Folio 13 Recto:
The Tamar Valley 1814
D09999
Turner Bequest CXXXVI 13
Pencil on white wove paper, 82 x 119 mm
Inscribed in red ink ‘13’ bottom left, descending vertically (smudged)
Stamped in black ‘CXXXVI – 13’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this is a slight sketch of the River Tamar flowing between the rolling hills of the Tamar Valley. In the foreground on the left–hand side is a crude outline of two trees.
For other views along the Tamar Valley in this sketchbook, see folios 3 to 16 (Tate D09989–D10002).
Verso:
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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-r1213902, accessed 31 July 2026.