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 ?The Dart Valley 1811

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?The Dart Valley’ 1811
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 96 Recto:
?The Dart Valley 1811
D08545
Turner Bequest CXXIII 93
Pencil on white wove writing paper, 75 x 117 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘93’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXIII – 93’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Given the proximity of studies of Dartmouth, it is likely that this view of water with steep, wooded banks is somewhere on the lower Dart. For other views on the river, identified and unidentified, see under folio 84 verso (D08522; CXXIII 81a).

Matthew Imms
June 2011

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?The Dart Valley 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-dart-valley-r1137022, accessed 26 April 2024.