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.2 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner ?Austin's Bridge, on the River Dart near Buckfastleigh 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Austin's Bridge, on the River Dart near Buckfastleigh’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 64 Recto:
?Austin’s Bridge, on the River Dart near Buckfastleigh 1814
D09752
Turner Bequest CXXXIII 64
Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 178 mm
Part watermark ‘ows | 2’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘64’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘294’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXIII 64’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
This appears to be Austin’s Bridge, crossing the River Dart among trees east of Buckfastleigh, as shown on adjacent pages; the vertical feature beyond the central arch may be the spire of Holy Trinity Church. There is a smaller sketch of the bridge and its surroundings on folio 63 verso opposite (D09751). For other views around Buckfastleigh, see under folio 63 recto (D09750).

Matthew Imms
July 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Austin’s Bridge, on the River Dart near Buckfastleigh 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, July 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-austins-bridge-on-the-river-dart-near-buckfastleigh-r1147303, accessed 20 September 2024.