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.1 Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Boulders beside a Stream with a Cottage Beyond, Probably in Devon 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Boulders beside a Stream with a Cottage Beyond, Probably in Devon’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 12 Recto:
Boulders beside a Stream with a Cottage Beyond, Probably in Devon 1814
D09493
Turner Bequest CXXXII 12
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘12’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 12’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The scene is so hemmed in by rocks and trees that there is little to indicate its wider setting, although it is probably the interior of Devon. There is a similar view on folio 13 recto (D09494), which may centre on the largest rock seen on the right here.
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Boulders beside a Stream with a Cottage Beyond, Probably in Devon 1814 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, June 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-boulders-beside-a-stream-with-a-cottage-beyond-probably-in-r1147036, accessed 22 November 2024.