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 The Torridge Valley, Probably near Hatherleigh 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The Torridge Valley, Probably near Hatherleigh’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 94 Recto:
The Torridge Valley, Probably near Hatherleigh 1814
D09583
Turner Bequest CXXXII 94
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Torridge’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘94’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 94’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The viewpoint is as yet undetermined, but this view noted by Turner as showing the Torridge Valley is probably near Hatherleigh (see folio 93 recto; D09582).

Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The Torridge Valley, Probably near Hatherleigh 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-the-torridge-valley-probably-near-hatherleigh-r1147131, accessed 23 September 2024.