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

ISBN 978-1-84976-386-8

Joseph Mallord William Turner A Bridge between Houses, Probably in South Devon 1813

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 106 Recto:
A Bridge between Houses, Probably in South Devon 1813
D09332
Turner Bequest CXXXI 106
Pencil on white wove paper, 95 x 157 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in blue ink ‘106’ bottom right, descending vertically, and ‘6’ bottom left, descending vertically
Stamped in black ‘CXXXI – 106’ bottom left, descending vertically
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
With the page turned horizontally, this group of houses on either side of a small bridge is presumably in the vicinity 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.
Verso:
Blank. A stain at the top centre matches one on folio 107 recto opposite (D09333), but they are misaligned, suggesting the pages were not then bound as they are now.

Matthew Imms
April 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Bridge between Houses, Probably in South Devon 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-bridge-between-houses-probably-in-south-devon-r1148061, accessed 28 March 2024.