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 ?Greystone Bridge, on the River Tamar 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Greystone Bridge, on the River Tamar’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 122 Recto:
?Greystone Bridge, on the River Tamar 1814
D09620
Turner Bequest CXXXII 122
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Part watermark ‘y Mill | 1812’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘122’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 122’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Only the three central arches are shown clearly, but this may be Greystone Bridge, in the wooded Tamar Valley about four miles south-east of Launceston (see under folio 106 recto; D09596); compare the bridge on folio 121 verso opposite (D09619). For other views along the Tamar Valley, see under folio 114 verso (D09606).

Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Greystone Bridge, on the River Tamar 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-greystone-bridge-on-the-river-tamar-r1147169, accessed 24 April 2024.