Watercolour on paper
Identified or Likely Subjects, Possibly for ‘England and Wales’
Identified or Likely Subjects, Possibly for ‘England and Wales’
England and Wales Colour Studies c.1825-39
England and Wales Colour Studies c.1825-39
Devon
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/joseph-mallord-william-turner-558" aria-label="More by Joseph Mallord William Turner" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Joseph Mallord William Turner</a>
Dartmouth Devonshire
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Dartmouth - non-specific
Devon
England
England, South West
England, Southern
hill
landscape
places
river
River Dart
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
<p>This landscape summarily compresses the view across the Dart drawn in the 'Devon Rivers No.2' sketchbook, dating from 1813. The three ridge contours on the far side of the Dart strongly resemble those of the pencil sketch, especially the nearest, purple-brown one. The shallow declivity of the near side of the Dart in the pencil drawing becomes a far more pronounced V-shape here. Dartmouth Castle may be indicated by the small block of grey placed near the right-hand, centre-edge of the sheet. The vertical, chimney-like form on the horizon may simply have been caused by colour diffusing accidentally.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
paper unique watercolour
?Dartmouth, Devonshire
support: 354 × 507 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
<p>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/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscape</span></a> summarily compresses the view  across the Dart drawn in the 'Devon Rivers No.2'  sketchbook, dating from 1813. The three ridge  contours on the far side of the Dart strongly  resemble those of the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/g/graphite" title="Glossary definition for 'Graphite'"><span>pencil</span></a> sketch, especially  the nearest, purple-brown one. The shallow  declivity of the near side of the Dart in the  pencil <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>drawing</span></a> becomes a far more pronounced  V-shape here. Dartmouth Castle may be indicated by  the small block of grey placed near the  right-hand, centre-edge of the sheet. The  vertical, chimney-like form on the horizon may  simply have been caused by colour diffusing  accidentally.</p>
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Dartmouth - non-specific Devon England England, Southern England, South West hill landscape places river River Dart UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland
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