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 ?Hele Bridge on the River Torridge near Hatherleigh 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘?Hele Bridge on the River Torridge near Hatherleigh’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 92 Recto:
?Hele Bridge on the River Torridge near Hatherleigh 1814
D09581
Turner Bequest CXXXII 92
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by Turner ‘D[...] [?hills] | [...] corn | [?Farm]’ top centre
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘92’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 92’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The word immediately above the horizon does appear to be ‘Farm’ (not ‘Farm House’, as given by Finberg1), but the words at the top of the page are resistant to interpretation. The cliff-like feature down the valley to the right may be the same as that on folio 91 verso opposite (D09580), while the elegant three-arched stone bridge is possibly Hele Bridge, crossing the River Torridge about two miles north of Hatherleigh (see folio 93 recto; D09582).
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Finberg 1909, I, p.374.
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘?Hele Bridge on the River Torridge near Hatherleigh 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-hele-bridge-on-the-river-torridge-near-hatherleigh-r1147128, accessed 14 January 2025.