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 and Yorkshire 1814-17 > Devon Rivers, No.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Lydford Gorge, with a Building 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Lydford Gorge, with a Building’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 33 Recto:
?Lydford Gorge, with a Building 1814
D09515
Turner Bequest CXXXII 33
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘33’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 33’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This is probably a view across the deep, wooded Lydford Gorge, south of the village of the same name, with a small building in the foreground. For other views around Lydford, see under folio 28 recto (D09510), where the upper end of the gorge is shown.

Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Lydford Gorge, with a Building 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-lydford-gorge-with-a-building-r1147059, accessed 25 April 2024.