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

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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 Okehampton from the Okement Valley 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Okehampton from the Okement Valley’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 57 Recto:
Okehampton from the Okement Valley 1814
D09540
Turner Bequest CXXXII 57
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘57’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 57’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
After studies around Okehampton Castle and the adjacent town, this sketch and the ones on folios 55 recto and 56 recto (D09538, D09539) are the last clearly identifiable views, showing Okehampton to the south from Brightley Road (the Barnstaple road) alongside the River Okement. Here, as on folio 56 recto, the castle on its mound to the south and the tower of St James’s Chapel in the town centre are almost aligned, while the tower of All Saints Church appears on its hill west of the town to the right; woods in the valley prevent a clear view today. There is a slight continuation to the left on folio 56 verso opposite (D40825).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Okehampton from the Okement Valley 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-okehampton-from-the-okement-valley-r1147087, accessed 09 May 2024.