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 A Church Tower and Houses, Probably in North Devon; Distant Hills or Cliffs 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Church Tower and Houses, Probably in North Devon; Distant Hills or Cliffs’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 74 Recto:
A Church Tower and Houses, Probably in North Devon; Distant Hills or Cliffs 1814
D09559
Turner Bequest CXXXII 74
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘74’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 74’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
A distant horizon of hills or cliffs is indicated across the middle of the page, but it is too slight to be readily identifiable. At the top right, framed by pencil lines, is a small study of a castellated tower with a small turret, probably that of a church, beyond a house or group of buildings and trees. The location is presently unidentified, but probably in north Devon from its context in the sketchbook.
Technical notes:
There is some staining to the right-hand edge of the leaf.
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Church Tower and Houses, Probably in North Devon; Distant Hills or Cliffs 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-a-church-tower-and-houses-probably-in-north-devon-distant-r1147106, accessed 24 April 2024.