Joseph Mallord William TurnerA Rainbow over Richmond Bridge c.1815-18

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Artist
Title
A Rainbow over Richmond Bridge
From Hints River Sketchbook
Turner Bequest CXLI
Date c.1815-18
MediumGraphite on paper
Dimensionssupport: 88 x 114 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D10616
Turner Bequest CXLI 18 a
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 18 Verso:
A Rainbow over Richmond Bridge circa 1815–18
D10616
Turner Bequest CXLI 18a
Pencil on white wove paper, 88 x 114 mm
Inscribed by Turner in pencil ‘Dark’ bottom left
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, and continued on folio 19 (D10617), this follows another double-spread of a rainbow over Richmond Bridge on folios 17 verso–18 (D10614–D10615).

David Blayney Brown
July 2011

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