Watercolour on paper
Rivers of Devon c.1814-15
Rivers of Devon c.1814-15
Devon
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Rivers of Devon 1815-1823 Watercolours
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Ivy Bridge Devonshire
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
adults
animals: birds
animals: mammals
architecture
bridge
bridges and viaducts
carriage
Devon
duck
England
England, South West
England, Southern
group
groups
horse
house
Ivybridge
landscape
man
people
places
residential
river
River Erme
rocky
society
transport: land
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
woman
wooded
<p>Turner had visited Ivy Bridge, near Plymouth, in 1811. He returned two years later, when he made the sketches that were used as the basis for this watercolour. He was visiting Devon because he had been commissioned to take views for a series of prints called Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England.</p><p>This study seems remarkably naturalistic. However, a poem Turner wrote about his journey made it clear that for him the scenery evoked patriotic reflections on morality and history.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
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2006-08-05
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2006-05-20
Light into colour: Turner in the Southwest
Loan-out
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2008-09-21
1 October 2007 – 6 January 2008
2008-01-06
2007-10-01
National Gallery of Art (Washington DC, USA)
10 February 2008 – 18 May 2008
2008-05-18
2008-02-10
Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, USA)
http://www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
23 June 2008 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
2008-06-23
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA)
http://www.metmuseum.org
2007-10-01
JMW Turner
Tate partnerships & programmes
28 January 2023 – 1 May 2023
2023-05-01
28 January 2023 – 1 May 2023
2023-05-01
2023-01-28
Royal West of England Academy (Bristol, UK)
2023-01-28
Jem Southam: A Bend in the River
Loan-out
Ivy Bridge, Devonshire
support: 280 × 408 mm
Accepted by the nation as part of the <a href="/search?gid=999999781" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Turner Bequest</a> 1856
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<span class="text20">Turner had visited Ivy Bridge, near Plymouth, in 1811.      He returned two</span><span class="text18"> </span><span class="text0">
years      later, when he made the </span><span class="text19">sketches </span><span class="text20">that were used as the basis for this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/w/watercolour" title="Glossary definition for 'Watercolour'"><span>watercolour</span></a>. He was      visiting Devon </span><span class="text18">because he had been commissioned      </span><span class="text0">
to take views for a series of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/print" title="Glossary definition for 'Print'"><span>prints</span></a> called </span><span class="text17"><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>Picturesque</span></a> Views on the Southern  Coast of England.</span><span class="text0">
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<span class="text19">This study seems remarkably naturalistic. </span><span class="text0">However, a poem Turner wrote about  his journey made it clear      that for him  </span><span class="text19">the scenery evoked patriotic      reflections </span><span class="text0">
on morality and history.  </span>
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