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 Trees with a Valley Beyond, Probably near Plymouth 1813

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Trees with a Valley Beyond, Probably near Plymouth’ 1813
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 67 Recto:
Trees with a Valley Beyond, Probably near Plymouth 1813
D09290
Turner Bequest CXXXI 67
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘[?Gleaning]’ bottom left
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘67’ bottom right, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 67’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The lack of obvious landmarks makes the view, made with the page turned horizontally, difficult to place, but it is presumably within a reasonable radius from the Plymouth area. 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.
Turner’s inscription probably indicates his observing activities associated with harvesting, although it is unclear whether any of the marks in the foreground indicate figures actually gleaning.
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Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Trees with a Valley Beyond, 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-trees-with-a-valley-beyond-probably-near-plymouth-r1148018, accessed 16 April 2024.