'Studies of the Medieval and Roman Bridges at Narni', Joseph Mallord William Turner

Artwork details

Artist

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775‑1851)

Title

Studies of the Medieval and Roman Bridges at Narni

From Ancona to Rome Sketchbook

Turner Bequest CLXXVII

Date 1819

MediumGraphite on paper

Dimensionssupport: 110 x 186 mm

Collection

Tate

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

Reference

D14783

Turner Bequest CLXXVII 67

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Catalogue entry

Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851

Folio 67 Recto:

Studies of the Medieval and Roman Bridges at Narni 1819

D14783
Turner Bequest CLXXVII 67

Pencil on white wove paper, 110 x 186 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘67’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CLXXVII 67’ bottom right

Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856

References

Turner has used the page for several separate studies of various parts of the ruined Roman Bridge of Augustus and the adjacent medieval bridge at Narni, see folio 61 verso (D14772). The sketch on the far right-hand side depicts the northernmost pier of the former and is a continuation of the view on the previous double-page spread, see folio 66 (D14781). Turner has folded back the preceding sheet in order to complete the length of the bridge on the underlying page. Meanwhile, the sketch in the bottom left-hand corner is a slight continuation of the view on the opposite sheet of the double-page spread, see folio 66 verso (D14782).

Nicola Moorby
November 2008

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