'Men Fishing from a Bridge', Joseph Mallord William Turner | Tate

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Men Fishing from 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

D06891

Turner Bequest CIV 27 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 28 Verso:

Men Fishing from a Bridge 1808

D06891
Turner Bequest CIV 27a

Pencil on white laid paper, 98 x 162 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

The subject is unidentified, but see Introduction to the sketchbook for Turner’s excursion into North Wales from Tabley in 1808 and his fondness for fishing.

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.

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Context

Joseph Mallord William Turner

Sketchbooks

1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Tabley No.2 Sketchbook

Tate Collection

Gifts and bequests

Turner Bequest