Turner’s tours to the West Country – observation and imagination with Professor Sam Smiles – September 28th, 2024

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After the first talk was fully booked so quickly, we’ve managed to arrange a second date for this talk with Sam Smiles.

Sam Smiles is Emeritus Professor of Art History and the University of Plymouth, and Programme Director, of Art History and Visual Culture, University of Exeter. He specialises in the history of British art and has published books and papers of Turner and his work in the South West of England.

Sam Smiles will be talking about Turner’s work in the West Country generally, with a focus on drawings and engravings of sites in and around Barnstaple.

This talk with Sam Smiles will be taking place on Saturday 28th September 2024, the opening day of the Turner in Barnstaple exhibition, from 2pm – 3:30pm.

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851, British, Source of the Tamar and the Torridge, ca. 1813, Watercolor, gouache, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, B1977.14.4689.