Graphite on paper
Devon Rivers, No.1 Sketchbook
Devon Rivers, No.1 Sketchbook
West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17
West Country and Yorkshire 1814-17
Devon
Tate Collection
Works with images
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Turner Bequest
Devon Rivers, No.1 Sketchbook
Collection
Turner owned by Tate
Catalogued Turner works on paper
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Barnstaple Bridge
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
architecture
Barnstaple
boat, sailing
bridge
bridges and viaducts
Devon
England
England, South West
England, Southern
places
river
River Torridge
society
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
transport: water
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
<p>Turner visited Barnstaple in 1813 and sketched its bridge and the wide reaches of the river Taw on several pages in this sketchbook. He developed no.39 from a synthesis of those sketches. As he could not be bothered to draw every arch of the sixteen-arched bridge in the present sketch, he merely recorded twelve of its spans and economically appended the number '16' underneath. To the right of the bridge may be seen the broach-spire of the church of St Peter and St Paul which is still twisted out of shape by the weight of its own lead.</p><p><em>Gallery label, February 1997</em></p>
paper unique graphite
Barnstaple Bridge
support: 90 × 152 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>Turner visited Barnstaple in 1813 and sketched its  bridge and the wide reaches of the river Taw on  several pages in this sketchbook. He developed  no.39 from a synthesis of those sketches. As he  could not be bothered to draw every arch of the  sixteen-arched bridge in the present sketch, he  merely recorded twelve of its spans and  economically appended the number '16' underneath.  To the right of the bridge may be seen the  broach-spire of the church of St Peter and St Paul  which is still twisted out of shape by the weight  of its own lead.</p>
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2014-09-03T00:00:00
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architecture Barnstaple boat, sailing bridge bridges and viaducts Devon England England, Southern England, South West places river River Torridge society townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features transport: water UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland
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