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 A Wooded Valley with a Bridge, Probably near Plymouth 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Wooded Valley with a Bridge, Probably near Plymouth’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 66 Recto:
A Wooded Valley with a Bridge, Probably near Plymouth 1813
D09289
Turner Bequest CXXXI 66
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘66’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 66’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, a bridge with at least three arches is silhouetted in the middle distance, with a succession of hills or headlands beyond; the lack of obvious landmarks makes the view difficult to place, but it is presumably within a reasonable radius of Plymouth. The subjects as far as folio 127 recto (D09358) are all identified or presumed sites within a few miles, suggesting a series of fairly short excursions.
Technical notes:
There is slight staining at the bottom of the drawing.
Verso:
Blank

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Wooded Valley with a Bridge, Probably 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-a-wooded-valley-with-a-bridge-probably-near-plymouth-r1148017, accessed 23 April 2024.