Joseph Mallord William TurnerAbingdon Bridge 1805

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Artist
Title
Abingdon Bridge
From Hesperides (2) Sketchbook
Turner Bequest XCIV
Date 1805
MediumPen and ink on paper
Dimensionssupport: 143 x 228 mm
Collection
Tate
Acquisition Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Reference
D05900
Turner Bequest XCIV 41
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 41 Recto:
Abingdon Bridge 1805
D05900
Turner Bequest XCIV 41
Pencil on white wove paper, prepared with a grey wash, 143 x 228 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘41’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘XCIV 41’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
For Abingdon Bridge see folios 4 and 40 verso of the sketchbook (D05850, D05899); the present sketch is, as Hill notes, a continuation of the latter view, to the right.

David Blayney Brown
December 2007

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