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 Hills, Probably on Dartmoor 1814

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Hills, Probably on Dartmoor’ 1814
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 22 Recto:
Hills, Probably on Dartmoor 1814
D09504
Turner Bequest CXXXII 22
Pencil on white wove paper, 90 x 152 mm
Part watermark ‘y Mill | 1812’
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘22’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CXXXII – 22’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
The lack of landmarks makes identification problematic, but with some adjacent pages (including folio 23 recto; D09505) identified as Dartmoor subjects, this is likely to be another made in that area; see under folio 8 recto (D09489).
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Matthew Imms
June 2014

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Hills, Probably on 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-hills-probably-on-dartmoor-r1147048, accessed 22 November 2024.