'Shipping off the Tower of London', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Shipping off the Tower of London

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

D07062

Turner Bequest CV 56

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Turner's sketchbooks

View this artwork in the Tabley No.3 Sketchbook

Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 64 Recto:

Shipping off the Tower of London circa 1825

D07062
Turner Bequest CV 56

Pencil on white wove paper, 108 x 185 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘56’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CV 56’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Drawn with the sketchbook inverted, this is a very slight outline with the Tower visible at right. Compare the double-page spread on the verso and folio 65 (D07063–D07064; Turner Bequest CV 56a–57). 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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This catalogue entry is part of: David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, December 2012.