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 Ridgegrove Mills on the River Kensey, with Launceston Castle in the Distance 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Ridgegrove Mills on the River Kensey, with Launceston Castle in the Distance’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 112 Recto:
Ridgegrove Mills on the River Kensey, with Launceston Castle in the Distance 1814
D09602
Turner Bequest CXXXII 112
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘112’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 112’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The juxtaposition of Launceston Castle and the tower of St Mary Magdalene’s Church shows that Turner’s viewpoint is in the valley of the Kensey, looking south-west to the town. Mill buildings survive at the corner of Ridgegrove Lane and Ridgegrove Hill.
Folio 114 recto (D09605) shows the castle and church from a similar angle. For further views of Launceston, see under folio 106 recto (D09596).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Ridgegrove Mills on the River Kensey, with Launceston Castle in the Distance 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-ridgegrove-mills-on-the-river-kensey-with-launceston-castle-r1147151, accessed 26 April 2024.