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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner The River Dart between Wooded Hills 1811

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 86 Recto:
The River Dart between Wooded Hills 1811
D08525
Turner Bequest CXXIII 83
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Dart’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘83’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 83’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The masts of one or two boats are indicated in the distance, and there appears to be a squarish tower above the riverbank, but the scene 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, ‘The River Dart between Wooded Hills 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-the-river-dart-between-wooded-hills-r1137002, accessed 28 March 2024.