Joseph Mallord William TurnerShipping off the Tower c.1825

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Artist
Title
Shipping off the Tower
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
D07065
Turner Bequest CV 57 a
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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 65 Verso:
Shipping off the Tower circa 1825
D07065
Turner Bequest CV 57a
Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this subject continues on folio 66 (D07066; Turner Bequest CV 58). Compare the double-page spread on the recto and folio 64 verso (D07064–D07063; Turner Bequest CV 56a). See Introduction to the sketchbook for plans in the mid 1820s for a series of London subjects, including the Custom House and the Tower.

David Blayney Brown
June 2010

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