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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner Hills, Probably on Dartmoor 1814

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 26 Recto:
Hills, Probably on Dartmoor 1814
D09508
Turner Bequest CXXXII 26
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘26’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 26’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Along with views on adjacent pages showing the Lydford area (see under folio 28 recto; D09510), the present sketch probably also shows the north-west fringes of Dartmoor. For other definite or likely views, see under folio 8 recto (D09489).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Hills, Probably on Dartmoor 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 2014, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, September 2014, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-hills-probably-on-dartmoor-r1147052, accessed 29 March 2024.