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 A Valley with Woods and Hills Beyond, Probably in North Devon 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Valley with Woods and Hills Beyond, Probably in North Devon’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 91 Recto:
A Valley with Woods and Hills Beyond, Probably in North Devon 1814
D09579
Turner Bequest CXXXII 91
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘91’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 91’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject, a broad valley dotted with trees, with woods and steep slopes beyond, is presently unidentified, but probably in north Devon from its context in the sketchbook. There appear to be elements in common with the scene on the verso of this leaf (D09580).

Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Valley with Woods and Hills Beyond, Probably in North Devon 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-valley-with-woods-and-hills-beyond-probably-in-north-devon-r1147126, accessed 18 April 2024.