'Boats near Waterloo Bridge', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Boats near Waterloo Bridge

From Scotland and London Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CLXX

Date c.1820

Dimensionssupport: 177 x 256 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D13823

Turner Bequest CLXX 8

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 9 Recto:

Boats near Waterloo Bridge circa 1820

D13823
Turner Bequest CLXX 8

Watercolour on off-white wove paper, 177 x 256 mm
Inscribed in red ink by John Ruskin ‘8’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXX – 8’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn in brown wash alone, this study of a boat on the Thames relates to views of Waterloo Bridge across folios 6 to 10 (D13820–D13824; CLXX 5–9). Although the bridge itself, and other London landmarks are not included, the gaff-rigged sailing boat may be the same as in folio 10, and the bottle oven and shot tower at the right are typical structures found on the south bank of the Thames around Waterloo and Southwark.

Verso:

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Thomas Ardill
August 2009

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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

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1810s

Scotland and London Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest