'Design for a Tower on a Bridge', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Design for a Tower on a Bridge

From Tabley No.2 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CIV

Date 1808

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 98 x 162 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D06980

Turner Bequest CIV 86 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 87 Verso:

Design for a Tower on a Bridge 1808

D06980
Turner Bequest CIV 86a

Pencil on white laid paper, 98 x 162 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See note to the recto (D06979; Turner Bequest CIV 86) which has two drawings, one of a round tower – apparently the water tower in the Moat at Tabley – and another set on a bridge. Here, the tower has become octagonal, and more medieval in design.

David Blayney Brown
May 2010

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