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 1811 > Devonshire Coast, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Totnes from the River Dart 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Totnes from the River Dart’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 94 Recto:
Totnes from the River Dart 1811
D08541
Turner Bequest CXXIII 91
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘91’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 91’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is to the north-west up the River Dart, with the castle and church at Totnes on the horizon. There is a clearer version of the view on the verso (D08542), where the subject is discussed.
Technical notes:
There is extensive offsetting from the ink inscription on folio 93 verso opposite (D08540; CXXIII 90a), which disrupts the drawing.

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Totnes from 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-totnes-from-the-river-dart-r1137018, accessed 26 April 2024.