'Shipping off London Bridge', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Shipping off London Bridge

From Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CV

Date c.1825

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 108 x 185 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D07079

Turner Bequest CV 64 a

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Turner's sketchbooks

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 73 Verso:

Shipping off London Bridge circa 1825

D07079
Turner Bequest CV 64a

Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted. See Introduction to the sketchbook for plans in the mid 1820s for a series of London subjects, including London Bridge, the Custom House and the Tower.

David Blayney Brown
June 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

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1802-18 Academician and professor

Sketchbooks from the 1800s

Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Tate Collection

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Turner Bequest

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Joseph Mallord William TurnerShipping off London Bridge c.1825

Artwork details

Turner's sketchbooks