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 Ruined Cottage near a Ford, Probably in South Devon 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Ruined Cottage near a Ford, Probably in South Devon’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 136 Recto:
A Ruined Cottage near a Ford, Probably in South Devon 1814
D09647
Turner Bequest CXXXII 136
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by Turner ‘Wood’ centre left, ‘W’ centre right, and ‘[?Ford]’ bottom right
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘136’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 136’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This scene, with what seems to be a ruined cottage and perhaps an abandoned cart on the left, above a shallow river in a wooded valley, is presently unidentified, but probably in south Devon from its context in the sketchbook.

Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Ruined Cottage near a Ford, Probably in South 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-ruined-cottage-near-a-ford-probably-in-south-devon-r1147196, accessed 26 April 2024.