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 A Wooded Valley, Probably in Devon 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘A Wooded Valley, Probably in Devon’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 17 Recto:
A Wooded Valley, Probably in Devon 1814
D09499
Turner Bequest CXXXII 17
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘17’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 17’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The features in the foreground and middle distance are loosely drawn and difficult to make out, but may include man-made elements and a road or river; their situation is likely to be in Devon.
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘A Wooded Valley, 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-a-wooded-valley-probably-in-devon-r1147042, accessed 17 July 2024.