'A Town Seen from near a Bridge over a River', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

A Town Seen from near a Bridge over a River

From Marford Mill Sketchbook

Turner Bequest XX

Date c.1794

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 152 x 99 mm

Collection

Tate

Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

Reference

D00297

Turner Bequest XX 27

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 27 Recto:

A Town Seen from near a Bridge over a River c.1794

D00297
Turner Bequest XX 27

Pencil on white laid paper, 152 x 99 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘27’ top left, upside down
Stamped in black ‘XX 27’ top left, upside down

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The drawing, inverted relative to the sketchbook’s foliation, is continued from folio 26 verso opposite (D00296). The town may be Aylesford in Kent.

Verso:

Blank; stamped in brown ink with Turner Bequest monogram top centre.

Andrew Wilton
April 2012

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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.

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Context

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Sketchbooks

1787-1801 Student and master

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