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 Great Torrington and the Torridge Valley with Taddiport Bridge 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Great Torrington and the Torridge Valley with Taddiport Bridge’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 84 Recto:
Great Torrington and the Torridge Valley with Taddiport Bridge 1814
D09571
Turner Bequest CXXXII 84
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘84’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 84’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The view is to the west from the steep slopes of the Common on the south side of Great Torrington, with the bridge on the River Torridge at Taddiport below to the left.
There is a similar view on folio 83 verso opposite (D09570). For other views of the town on adjacent pages, see under folio 80 recto (D09566).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Great Torrington and the Torridge Valley with Taddiport Bridge 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-great-torrington-and-the-torridge-valley-with-taddiport-r1147118, accessed 25 April 2024.