J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > West Country 1813 > Plymouth, Hamoaze Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner The River Yealm near Plymouth 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘The River Yealm near Plymouth’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 47 Recto:
The River Yealm near Plymouth 1813
D09268
Turner Bequest CXXXI 47
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Yealme R]’ bottom right, and ‘w’ in centre of drawing
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘47’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 47’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The River Yealm runs south-west to Wembury Bay through countryside to the east of Plymouth. With the page turned horizontally, Turner’s specific viewpoint is not yet identified. Finberg identified the sketch on folio 48 recto (D09269) as another Yealm study. The subjects as far as folio 127 recto (D09358) are all identified or presumed sites within a few miles in and around Plymouth, suggesting a series of fairly short excursions.
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Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘The River Yealm near Plymouth 1813 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, April 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-river-yealm-near-plymouth-r1147996, accessed 19 April 2024.