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

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Tower or Fortification, Possibly on the River Dart 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Tower or Fortification, Possibly on the River Dart’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 85 Verso:
A Tower or Fortification, Possibly on the River Dart 1811
D08524
Turner Bequest CXXIII 82a
Pencil on white wove printing paper, 75 x 117 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Crowning a wooded hill above the river is a building with a plain, blocky appearance, probably a fortification. Finberg’s assumption that this is a scene on the River Dart seems likely given that the river scene on folio 86 recto opposite (D08525; CXXIII 83) is inscribed as such, but the precise location remains unidentified.
For other views on the Dart, identified and unidentified, see under folio 84 verso (D08522; CXXIII 81a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Tower or Fortification, Possibly on the River Dart 1811 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2011, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-a-tower-or-fortification-possibly-on-the-river-dart-r1137001, accessed 26 April 2024.