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

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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 Heathland, Possibly on or near Dartmoor 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Heathland, Possibly on or near Dartmoor’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
Heathland, Possibly on or near Dartmoor 1814
D09491
Turner Bequest CXXXII 10
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Part watermark ‘Iv’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘10’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 10’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The subject’s undulating hills are possibly on the edge of Dartmoor, as with the views on folios 8 recto and 11 recto (D09489, D09492) and identified subjects later in this sketchbook. For other definite or likely Dartmoor views, see under folio 8 recto (D09489).

Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Heathland, Possibly on or near Dartmoor 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-heathland-possibly-on-or-near-dartmoor-r1147033, accessed 22 November 2024.